nitpick
nitpick 英 ['nɪtpɪk] 美 ['nɪtpɪk]
vi. 挑剔；吹毛求疵 vt. 对…吹毛求疵
- When you nitpick, you focus on small, specific mistakes. An English teacher might nitpick by pointing out an unnecessary comma in your 20 page paper.
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- vi. 挑剔；吹毛求疵
- vt. 对…吹毛求疵
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1. You shouldn't nitpick, I had done my best.
你别太挑剔，我已经尽力了。
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2. nitpick and worry about getting it “just right”, and you’ll never get it done.
如果你越来越挑剔，还担心它就‘差一点点’，那么你永远也不可能完成它了。
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3. When I want to nitpick nowadays, I just keep in mind that if I want to go to the trouble of offering unrequested advice, I might as well suggest I do it myself.
现在，当我想吹毛求疵时，我就会想象如果我自己根据那些所谓的建议来做这件事会是什么样。
- nitpick (v.) "seek petty faults," also nit-pick, 1962, back-formation from earlier nitpicker. Related: Nitpicking; nitpicky.
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