persnickety

音标发音

• 英式音标 [pəˈsnɪk.ə.ti]
• 美式音标 [pɚˈsnɪk.ə.t̬i]
• 国际音标 [pə:'snikəti]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj. 爱挑剔的；要求极度精确的；难应付的

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Dogs are far less persnickety about where they relieve themselves, but do them the favor of regularly picking up the poop in the backyard.
  狗狗对这方面不太挑剔，不过你也得记得时常清理它在后院的便便。
• “The construction industry is very persnickety about cost, ” Mr. Busel said.
  “建筑行业对于成本很是精打细算 ”Mr. Busel说。

权威例句

• But not the Twitter I know and love, but what is emerging as the new persnickety purveyor of tweets.
  FORBES: The Anti-IPO: Is Apple Grooming Twitter For All-Out Acquisition?
• Until recently, that prevented diesels from being sold in California, one of the world's most profitable but persnickety car markets.
  ECONOMIST: Behind Detroit's sudden embrace of ethanol
• Just as the personal computer freed workers from the tyranny of the mainframe and its persnickety administrators, ADS-B frees pilots from relying on ground controllers to dictate their every maneuver.
  FORBES: Free flight

词组短语

短语

• persnickety ŵ 挑剔的
• persnickety E 势利的
• A Persnickety School Teacher 挑剔学校教师;挑剔的学校教师
• a persnickety job 难以应付的工作
• nagging peckish persnickety wordy 唠叨的

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• giving too much attention to small details that are not important in a way that annoys other people

柯林斯英英字典

• Persnickety is the same as . pernickety