hair-splitting

短语

a. 吹毛求疵的

发音

AU

词形变化

hair-splittings 复数 hair-splittings more hair-splitting 比较级 most hair-splitting 最高级

别名

hairsplitting hair splitting

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of considering or arguing about exceedingly small differences, fine details, and/or edge cases of no seeming importance, worrying about minutiae.

    可数 贬义 习语 不可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or characterized by hair-splitting, seeking or having exceedingly small differences, fine details, and/or edge cases of no seeming importance, concerning or concerned with minutiae.

    贬义 习语

    2006, Ian Aitken, in The Guardian, Richard Clements Obituary Dick's Tribune poked endless fun at the hair-splitting sectarianism of the various Trotskyist groups jostling on the fringes of the Labour party at that time.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

distinction differentiation
形容词

同义词 1

finespun

近义相关 1

precise

词源

From splitting hairs, q.v.

来源：wiktionary