nitpicking

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈnɪtˌpɪk.ɪŋ]
• 美式音标 [ˈnɪtˌpɪk.ɪŋ]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n. 吹毛求疵，找碴儿
• v. 挑剔，吹毛求龇（nitpick 的现在分词）

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Worries of this nature are not mere nitpicking.
  然而这样的担心不纯粹是吹毛求疵。
• This may seem like nitpicking in some cases, but those policies and conventions were presumably established for a good reason, so they should be upheld.
  有些时候这样做显得吹毛求疵，但是定下这些规定和规范是有缘由的，所以应该遵守。
• It’s a tough thing for any internal product or engineering team to face – the thought of an external group nitpicking apart their gem, but it’s worth it.
  想到一个外部企业对自己的珍品吹毛求疵，每一个内部产品和工程团队都很难面对，但这样做是值得的。

权威例句

• And yes, this is important, very much so, it is not just trivial nitpicking.
  FORBES: Alan Krueger's Mistake: The US Tax Code is More Progressive Than Most Other OECD Countries
• DC, opposition to the agreement tends to be dismissed as nitpicking that ignores a fundamental shift.
  ECONOMIST: America, India and the China bogey: A price too high The

词组短语

短语

• Ants Nitpicking 蚂蚁来找茬
• be nitpicking on words 咬字眼儿

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• giving too much attention to details that are not important, especially as a way of criticizing

柯林斯英英字典

• If you refer to someone's opinion as nitpicking, you disapprove of the fact that it concentrates on small and unimportant details, especially to try and find fault with something.