| 1. | I don't like splitting hairs .
我不喜欢咬文嚼字。 |
| 2. | In the discussion he often seemed petty and pedantic .
在交谈当中，他往往拘泥小节，咬文嚼字。 |
| 3. | I hate the rigid definition: it's so ugly, so obvious .
我不喜欢咬文嚼字，这样的做法太叫人不痛快，也太外露了。 |
| 4. | They stigmatize these propositions as "trifling" or "merely verbal" .
他们把这些命题贬称为“琐碎”或“只是咬文嚼字罢了”。 |
| 5. | He was a more than commonly candid english gentleman in his avowed dislike of the poet's nonsense, verbiage and verse .
他比一般无偏见的英国绅士更加公然地宣称：他讨厌诗人的言之无物、冗词赘语和咬文嚼字。 |
| 6. | The difference between that mode and a direct american military airlift was so esoteric as to seem academic .
在这种方式和直接的美国军事空运之间，很难看出有什么差别，因此要说有差别，就显得有些学院式的咬文嚼字了。 |
| 7. | "that was a sweet little play upon words," warrington remarked, with a puff. "amory-amori. it showed profound scholarship. "
“你玩弄文字的本领还不小，”沃林顿喷了一口烟，说道。“艾默里--艾默莉。嗯，不错，很会咬文嚼字。” |
| 8. | One who favors words over ideas or substance
咬文嚼字者爱用言辞多于思想或实质的人 |
| 9. | Do we have to invent a whole new language ? - i think so
我们非得咬文嚼字吗?我想是得这样 |
| 10. | - do we have to invent a whole new language ? - i think so
我们非得咬文嚼字吗?我想是得这样 |
