• adj. 麻煩的；愛挑剔的；難以取悅的

來自蘇格蘭英語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.

加入歐盟的過程是嚴(yán)格的 、 漫長的,也是無情的, 這就是問題的關(guān)鍵.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)