persnickety

• 美式英语中用来形容一个人过分关注琐碎细节，或对事情非常挑剔。

Used in American English to describe someone who is overly concerned with small details or very particular about things.

1. Overly particular or fussyC1informalamerican

   Characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details; fussy about small things.

   吹毛求疵的

   • He is so persnickety about how his desk is organized.
   • She's persnickety about the way her coffee is prepared.
   • The persnickety editor corrected every tiny punctuation mark.

   同义词exactingfastidiousfinickyfussyparticularpicky

   反义词carelesseasygoingflexiblenegligentsloppy

2. Arrogant or conceitedC1informalamerican

   Overly concerned with one's own importance or status; snobbish.

   傲慢的

   • He acts all persnickety since he got that promotion.
   • She's too persnickety to associate with people she considers beneath her.
   • The persnickety critic dismissed the film without watching it.

   同义词arrogantconceitedhaughtypompouspretentioussnobbishsuperior

   反义词humblemodestunassumingunpretentious