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单词 hairsplitting
释义 hairsplitting
 —hairsplitter,  n.  
 /hair"split'ing/,  n.  
  1. the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
  adj.  
  2. characterized by such distinctions: the hairsplitting arguments of a political debate.
 [1820-30; HAIR + SPLITTING]
 Syn. 2. quibbling, niggling, nitpicking, captious.
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