hairsplitting

英

美

n./adj.  辨别过细（的）；作无益的琐细的分析（的）

英英释义

noun

• making too fine distinctions of little importance
  1. they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously
  Synonym:word-splitting

adj

• developed in excessively fine detail
  1. finespun distinctions
  Synonym:finespun

双语例句

• But the arid legal hairsplitting that dominates that chamber poses fewer policy problems than the messier lower courts do.
  但是，主导法庭的枯燥的吹毛求疵的过程比低级嘈杂的法庭带来的政策问题还是要少一些。
• They did not take his theoretical hairsplitting seriously.
  他们没把他的理论上的过细分析当一回事。