hairsplitting

1. They did not take his theoretical hairsplitting seriously.
   他们没把他的理论上的过细分析当一回事。
2. But the arid legal hairsplitting that dominates that chamber poses fewer policy problems than the messier lower courts do.
   但是，主导法庭的枯燥的吹毛求疵的过程比低级嘈杂的法庭带来的政策问题还是要少一些。

noun

1. making too fine distinctions of little importance
   1. they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously

   Synonym:    word-splitting

adj

1. developed in excessively fine detail
   1. finespun distinctions

   Synonym:    finespun