英语词汇“hairsplitting”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	hairsplitting
释义	Trends of hairsplitting View usage for: hairsplitting in British English (ˈhɛəˌsplɪtɪŋ) noun 1. the making of petty distinctions adjective 2. occupied with or based on petty distinctions Derived forms hairsplitter (ˈhairˌsplitter) noun hairsplitting in American English (ˈhɛrˌsplɪtɪŋ) adjective, noun making overnice or petty distinctions; quibbling Derived forms hairsplitter (ˈhairˌsplitter) noun hairsplitting in American English (ˈhɛərˌsplɪtɪŋ) noun 1. the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions adjective 2. characterized by such distinctions the hairsplitting arguments of a political debate Derived forms hairsplitter noun Word origin [1820–30; hair + splitting]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boomerang, karma, morphology, myth, takeoff Examples of 'hairsplitting' in a sentence hairsplitting The result was an epic display of legalistic obfuscation, nit-picking, hairsplitting and point-scoring. Times, Sunday Times (2018)
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Trends ofhairsplitting