音标:[pә'nikiti] ;
a. 不大方的, 爱挑剔的, 难以取悦的, (工作)需要精细的
s. characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details

pernickety的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. As a writer,he is extremely pernickety about using words correctly.作为一名作家,他对于正确使用言语是极其挑剔的。
  2. Customs officials can get extremely pernickety about things like that.海关官员对于像那样的东西检查起来就会变的极其仔细。

经典引文

  • Such pernickety table manners..seem to me absurd.

    出自:J. Gathorne
  • They became pernickety about small things, always fussing about trifles.

    出自:E. Figes
  • A vast number of substantiating references..at once persuasive and pernickety.

    出自:Notes Queries
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