split hairs

基本解释

• 斤斤計較，在小事上爭論不休；作無益的、瑣碎的分析

同根派生

英汉例句

雙語例句

• David loves to split hairs .
  大衛就愛作一些瑣細的分析。
• Why split hairs over the color of the dress?
  乾嗎對連衣裙的顔色吹毛求疵呢？
• Why does she split hairs over the color of the dress?
  她乾嗎對連衣裙的顔色吹毛求疵呢？

原聲例句

• But I told her not to split hairs.

權威例句

• Companies split hairs over side effects instead of recognizing them head-on.
  FORBES: Magazine Article
• Some parents hire professionals to split hairs for them: lawyers who specialise in appealing school-admissions decisions report a booming trade, despite the high price of their services.
  ECONOMIST: Ministers want to make the great schools game harder to play
• But why split hairs — four years, twelve years .
  FORBES: Wall Street Regulation Goes Hollywood

词组短语

短語

• split t hairs 細分頭發
• to split hairs 鑽牛角;鑽牛角尖
• don 't split hairs 別來摳字眼兒啦
• Scholars nowadays just split hairs 他們從來不談根本
• to split hairs over something 吹毛求疵

英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• to argue about small details of something