单词 | hair-splitting |
释义 | ˈhair-splitting noun [uncountable] CHOOSEwhen people pay too much attention to small differences and unimportant details, especially in an argument 〔尤指在争论中的〕过分纠缠于细枝末节,吹毛求疵 → split hairs at split1(8)Examples from the Corpushair-splitting• This is the kind of disingenuous hair-splitting that gives politics a bad name.• But this is hair-splitting as an art form.• This, to those interested in the purpose of the insider-trading law, is lawyers' hair-splitting.• It is this kind of hair-splitting that gives politics a bad name.ˈhair-splitting nounChineseSyllable differences pay when people Corpus small attention to much too and |
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