finicky adj. [FIN-ih-kee]

过分挑剔的，苛求的，过分讲究的

Definition

1: extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards
1：在品味或者标准方面，极端甚至是过度挑剔的，严格的，认真的

2: requiring much care, precision, or attentive effort
2：要求极度仔细，精确或者认真

注：particular：除了“特定的，特殊的，专指的，特别的”意思，还有“挑剔的”意思；exacting：严格的，吃力的；meticulous：一丝不苟的，缜密的；attentive：注意的，留意的；

Did You Know?

You may be familiar with an advertising campaign featuring Morris, the finicky housecat who would only eat a certain brand of cat food. Morris's tastes in cuisine are not only very pariticular, but very fine as well, and that's appropriate given the origin of finicky. The word came about as an alteration of finicking, itself an alteration of another adjective, finical. It's believed that finical derives from the adjective fine. Finicking also gives us finick, a somewhat rare verb meaning "to put on airs" or "to dawdle about."

词源/词根演化：fine（精细的）--> finical (过分注意的) --> finicking (苛求的，小题大做的) --> finicky (adj. 过分挑剔的) / finick (v. 摆架子，磨蹭)

你或许熟悉Morris的广告，这只挑剔的家猫只吃一个特定牌子的食物。Morris在食物上的口味不但独特，而且还精细；这恰也正符合单词finicky的来源。这个单词是finicking的一种变体写法，而finicking又是形容词finical的变体写法。finical被认为是继承自形容词fine。同时，finicking也给我们带来了罕用的动词finick，意思是“摆架子”或“磨磨蹭蹭”。

注：dawdle：磨蹭，浪费时间，闲逛；
familiar：熟悉。注意下面例句中介词的用法(with/to)以及对应的主语(人/物)
1. I am not really familiar with the local laws.
2. This nursery rhyme is very familiar to me.

Examples

The young boy was a finicky eater, and his parents found it challenging to come up with ideas for healthy meals that he would enjoy.

这个小男孩在吃的方面实在很挑剔，他的父母感到非常为难，找不到对他既健康又符合胃口的食物。
"The 1970s, '80s, and '90s electronic components that are inside most pinball machines are aging and finicky, with a shrinking pool of techs able to decipher the machines' precise workings."
--- Zane Razzaq, The MetroWest Daily News (Framingham, Massachusetts), 27 Dec. 2018

20世纪70年代到90年代的游戏机中的电子零部件正在老化且故障频发，更麻烦的是能够解密这些机器准确工作原理的技术人员也越来越少了。

注：pinball：弹球游戏；pinball machines：游戏机；age：v. 老化；finicky：挑剔的（句中引申为故障频发）；shrinking pool of techs：技术人员池中的人越来越少了；decipher：解密，破译，辨认

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finicky adj. [FIN-ih-kee]

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