pettifogging

adj.

1. 吹毛求疵；挑剔的；琐碎的
   paying too much attention to unimportant details; concerned with unimportant things

1. ADJ 吹毛求疵的；过分关注琐事的
   You can describe an action or situation as pettifogging when you think that unnecessary attention is being paid to unimportant, boring details.
   1. ...pettifogging bureaucratic interference.
      吹毛求疵的官僚干预

1. See through the trick of pettifogging "fu hui"
   识破诡辩的“附会”把戏
2. Trying to make up for this mistake by imposing pettifogging conditions on assisted institutions is more likely to compound the error than to reduce it.
   这种怯懦令人沮丧。通过对受救助机构施加挑剔的条件，来设法弥补这一错误，只可能加剧而非减轻错误。