• adj. 麻煩的；愛(ài)挑剔的；難以取悅的

來(lái)自蘇格蘭英語(yǔ)pernicky,精確的，挑剔的，苛求的。詞源不詳。

pernickety (adj.)

1808 (pernicktie, in Jamieson), "precise, fastidious," extended form of Scottish pernicky, of uncertain origin, perhaps somehow from particular.

1. Customs officials can get extremely pernickety about things like that.

海關(guān)官員可能會(huì)對(duì)那種東西極度吹毛求疵。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. The pernickety, timeless , relentless nature of the accession process is the whole point.

加入歐盟的過(guò)程是嚴(yán)格的 、 漫長(zhǎng)的,也是無(wú)情的, 這就是問(wèn)題的關(guān)鍵.

來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)