中文词源
pernickety 爱挑剔的，吹毛求痴的
来自苏格兰英语pernicky,精确的，挑剔的，苛求的。词源不详。
英语词源
- pernickety (adj.)
- 1808 (pernicktie, in Jamieson), "precise, fastidious," extended form of Scottish pernicky, of uncertain origin, perhaps somehow from particular.
权威例句
- 1. Customs officials can get extremely pernickety about things like that.
- 海关官员可能会对那种东西极度吹毛求疵。
- 2. The pernickety, timeless , relentless nature of the accession process is the whole point.
- 加入欧盟的过程是严格的 、 漫长的,也是无情的, 这就是问题的关键.