heroic chew upon a subject be excessively particular about wording be overfastidious in wording bite phrases and chew characters
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。
—— 辞典例句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 ”。
—— 辞典例句I don´t like splitting hairs.
我不喜欢咬文嚼字。
—— 辞典例句Instead of deciding the real issue the commentator would chop logic.
这位评论家不去解决实质问题,而总是咬文嚼字。
—— 给力词典精选This may look like just semantics, but it matters.
这个看上去可能有点咬文嚼字, 但是它很重要。
—— 给力词典精选