| 单词 | persnickety |
| 释义 | persnickety adjective USinformaldisapprovinguk/pəˈsnɪk.ə.ti/us/pɚˈsnɪk.ə.t̬i/(UKpernickety)giving too muchattentiontosmalldetailsthat are notimportantin a way thatannoysotherpeople 吹毛求疵的，爱挑剔的Wanting everything to be right
Examplesofpersnicketypersnickety A hobby once dominated bypersnicketyelites was fully democratized. FromUSA TODAY The morepersnicketyyou are, the more deviations you tend to recognize. FromSlate Magazine It's just that he was always verypersnickety. FromOregonLive.com Is it toopersnicketyto ask that we curb our enthusiasm for "amazing"? FromHuffington Post Curators can color-control and dim light levels inpersnickety1 percent increments. FromWIRED And she'spersnicketyabout the bacon. FromNPR If you are ordering at a bar, and you arepersnicketyabout the salt content of your sparkling water, use the term soda water at your own risk. FromSlate Magazine These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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