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单词 pernickety
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pernickety

/pəˈnɪkətɪ/
adjective
1
informal placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy
〈非正式〉吹毛求疵的; 爱挑剔的:

she's very pernickety about her food.

她对食物非常挑剔。

1.1
requiring a particularly precise or careful approach
精细的; 要求精确的:

the system does not encourage additional enquiries on detailed and pernickety points.

该系统不鼓励在具体细节方面提出过多的质询。

词源
early 19th cent. (originally Scots): of unknown origin.
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