hair-splitting
英 /her splɪtɪŋ/
中文釋義
鑽牛角尖
Making overly fine or trivial distinctions in arguments.
常用搭配
- hair-splitting distinction鑽牛角尖
- endless hair-splitting沒完沒了摳字眼
- hair-splitting argument咬文嚼字
例句
- Let's not get into hair-splitting over wording.咱們別在措辭上鑽牛角尖了。
- The debate collapsed into hair-splitting over definitions.辯論淪為對定義的咬文嚼字。