while it’s not for a journalist to nitpick a minister’s theological credentials, that implication of belated seismic revenge on haitian children seems defamatory of god.
本来给牧师的神学资格挑刺并非新闻记者的份内事,但把这场同样令海地儿童受苦受难的地震说成是迟来的报复,这似乎是在诽谤上帝。
part of an editor「s job is to nitpick writing flaws.
编辑的职责之一是仔细挑出写作瑕疵。
when i want to nitpick nowadays, i just keep in mind that if i want to go to the trouble of offering unrequested advice, i might as well suggest i do it myself.
现在,当我想吹毛求疵时,我就会想象如果我自己根据那些所谓的建议来做这件事会是什么样。
it is much easier to nitpick than to invent.
挑剔总是比发明更为容易。
the recession forced corporate america to look hard for savings, and the people who were being paid hundreds of dollars an hour to nitpick were an obvious target.
美国经济衰退迫使企业很难有多余的钱,且一小时拿着几百美元鸡蛋里挑骨头的人显然是靶子。
they」re less likely to nitpick about details that aren't relevant at this stage.
减少他们在与主题不相关的细节上的吹毛求疵。