"pick holes in" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 挑毛病
• 吹毛求疵

Definition

挑剔地寻找并指出某事的错误或弱点，通常带有批评或负面的意味。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

属于非正式表达，带有负面色彩。常用于指责别人只注意细节错误而忽视整体价值。常见于'arguments'、'plans'或'ideas'等词搭配。常带有吹毛求疵、批评过度的意味。

Examples

He always tries to pick holes in my ideas.

他总是试图**挑毛病**我的想法。

Stop trying to pick holes in everything I say.

别总是**挑毛病**我说的每一句话。

It's easy to pick holes in someone else's work.

**挑毛病**别人的工作很容易。

Everyone at the meeting seemed eager to pick holes in John's proposal.

会议上的每个人都很想**挑毛病**约翰的提案。

Instead of helping, she just picked holes in everything I did.

她没有帮忙，只是**挑毛病**我做的每件事。

Some people just love to pick holes in new ideas, no matter how good they are.

有些人就是喜欢**挑毛病**新点子，不管多好。