中英互译
hair-splitting
英 /ˈheə splɪtɪŋ/美 /ˈher splɪtɪŋ/
基本释义
- 吹毛求疵的
双语例句
- Many of the distinctions Harold makes are not just academic hair-splitting, but are key to truly understanding the core concepts behind XML.Harold 所做的辨析并非学究式的吹毛求疵,他真正理解了 XML 背后核心概念的关键。
- At the culmination of my difficulties on the evening before the dream I had become irritated and had said that what she was needing of me was little better than hair-splitting.在做这个梦前的那个晚上,我的困难达到了极致,我已经变得非常恼怒了而且说到她对我的需要几乎连吹毛求疵都比不上。
- While some have suggested that genetic "hair-splitting" has inflated the number of new species, recent studies have shown that "taxonomic inflation" is the exception, not the rule.尽管有些人认为,基因上的“吹毛求疵”带来了太多的新物种,但最近的研究显示,分类学上的“通货膨胀”只是例外,并非常态。
网络短语
- technical hair-splitting技术化细分发丝
英英释义
- n.making too fine distinctions of little importance
- adj.developed in excessively fine detail
词源
- hair-splitting吹毛求疵比喻用法。