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nitpicker noun[ C ] informaldisapprovinguk /ˈnɪt.pɪk.ər/ us /ˈnɪt.pɪk.ɚ/ someone who finds faults in details that are not important: 挑剔的人,爱吹毛求疵的人 Some people may say I'm being a nitpicker.有些人可能会说我是在吹毛求疵。 The nitpicker in me had to mention that the flat wasn't completely clean.如果要挑毛病的话,那我必须得说这个公寓不是特别干净。 See
nitpick He performed very well, but a nitpicker might think he wasn't exactly right for the part. We get audited by some nitpicker who always finds something wrong. She's a perfectionist, and a self-admitted nitpicker. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Disapproving & criticizing anathematize animadversion aspersion aw backbite barrel bash belabour boo disapprobation excoriate knock knocker let someone have both barrelsidiom low blow mordacious mordancy pile slam union-basher |