pernickety

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Customs officials can get extremely pernickety about things like that.: 海关官员可能会对那种东西极度吹毛求疵。

The pernickety, timeless , relentless nature of the accession process is the whole point.: 加入欧盟的过程是严格的、漫长的,也是无情的, 这就是问题的关键.