finicky

英 [ˈfɪn.ɪ.ki]      美 [ˈfɪn.ɪ.ki]
  • adj. 过分讲究的;过分注意的;过分繁琐的
星级词汇:
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1. fine + (-ic => -ick) + -y => finicky.
2. finical: 谐音“妃礼苛”-----作为妃子的礼数很苛刻,“费力刻”,“废立苛”------废立太子要求很苛刻,“非你苛”-----不是你苛刻、挑剔,“非礼苛”-----非常繁琐、苛刻的礼节。
3. finical => finicky.
finicky 过分挑剔的

来自fine, 精细。-icky,形容词后缀。词义贬义化。

finicky (adj.)
1825, "dainty, mincing," from finical "too particular" (1590s), which perhaps is from fine (adj.) + -ical as in cynical, ironical (OED says "ultimate derivation" from the adjective "seems probable"). But finikin (1660s) "dainty, precise in trifles" has been proposed as a source, even though the timing is off. It apparently comes from Dutch; compare Middle Dutch fijnkens (adv.) "precisely, exactly," from fijn, cognate with English fine (adj.).

The -k- between the final -c- and a suffix beginning in -i, -y, or -e is an orthographic rule to mark the pronunciation of -c- as "k" (compare picnicking, trafficking, panicky, shellacked). Related: Finickiness.
1. It's a very finicky job.
这是个很细致的工作。
2. Eat up your fish and don't be so finicky.
把你的鱼吃完,别太挑剔了.
3. Even the most finicky eater will find something appetizing here.
即使是最挑剔的食客在这里也会找到让人胃口大开的美食。
4. This job is too finicky for me.
我做不了这麽细致的工作.
5. He is the most finicky eaters I've ever met.
他是我所见到过的对食物最挑剔的人.

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