Part of an editor’s job is to nitpick writing flaws.
(編輯的職責之一是仔細挑出寫作瑕疵。)
We shouldn’t waste our time nitpicking when the deadline is approaching.一個喜歡吹毛求疵,挑別人毛病的人就叫 nitpicker
(期限快到了,我們不該浪費時間吹毛求疵。)
My mom is a nitpicker. She would have me rewrite her birthday card if I didn’t write in a straight line.不過要注意的是,nitpick / nitpicker 是略帶負面意味的字
(我媽是個愛挑剔的人。假如我在給她的生日卡裡把字寫歪了,她會要我重寫。)