V to raise petty objections or concern oneself with insignificant details 吹毛求疵 [非正式]
A lot of nit-picking was going on about irrelevant things.
对不相干的事情一直大肆吹毛求疵。
And it insisted that its work be kept secret for a long time so its nascent idea was not subject to nit-picking criticism.
并坚称他们的工作需要在较长时间内保密以免初生的创意受到挑剔的批评。
On the whole it's a good dictionary; and it would be nit-picking to dwell on those small defects.
总的说来，这是一本好词典，若对不足之处过多指摘，未免吹毛求疵。
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