1. He is a very rigorous man, very pernickety. 他是个很照章行事的人，很吹毛求疵。
2. Customs officials can get extremely pernickety about things like that. 海关官员可能会对那种东西极度吹毛求疵。
3. With you pernickety little bastards in your fancy dress, who just judge each other and try to impress. 对于你这个穿着花哨的爱挑剔的顽皮孩子，他们只是相互评价想要给你留下印象。
4. I am much less irritable and pernickety than I was with the two daughters from my first marriage, 30 years ago. 比起30年前，我如何对待我第一次婚姻所生的两个女儿来说，我对他更少发怒，也更少挑剔。
5. If some creatures can tolerate lower pHs and others cannot, you might expect things to average out: the tolerant and adaptable prosper, the more pernickety perish. 如果一部分生物能够容忍更低的PH值而另一部分不能，那么你可能会倾向得出某种均衡：那些能够适应的物种繁荣昌盛，那些不能适应的物种则随之灭绝。
