pernickety
英 [p?'n?k?t?]
美[p?'n?k?ti]
- adj. 麻煩的;愛(ài)挑剔的;難以取悅的
中文詞源
pernickety 愛(ài)挑剔的,吹毛求癡的
來(lái)自蘇格蘭英語(yǔ)pernicky,精確的,挑剔的,苛求的。詞源不詳。
英文詞源
- pernickety (adj.)
- 1808 (pernicktie, in Jamieson), "precise, fastidious," extended form of Scottish pernicky, of uncertain origin, perhaps somehow from particular.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Customs officials can get extremely pernickety about things like that.
- 海關(guān)官員可能會(huì)對(duì)那種東西極度吹毛求疵。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The pernickety, timeless , relentless nature of the accession process is the whole point.
- 加入歐盟的過(guò)程是嚴(yán)格的 、 漫長(zhǎng)的,也是無(wú)情的, 這就是問(wèn)題的關(guān)鍵.
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