pickier adj. 挑剔的;吹毛求疵的 (picky的变形)
- But while companies have become a lot pickier, the unemployed sometimes sabotage themselves.
但是当公司已经变得非常挑剔,失业者有时候就会从事破坏活动,妨碍公司运行。 - My daughter and I like to go to the movies; while she used to like them all before, she's much pickier now that she's four.
我和我的女儿都喜欢去电影院看电影;虽然她过去对电影的内容毫不讲究,不过现在却挑剔了许多,因为她已经四岁了。 - Given the strains this is putting on the central bank, it's no wonder that the government is becoming pickier about the projects it approves.
考虑到中央银行由此所承受的压力,就不难明白为什么中国政府对它所批准的项目越来越吹毛求疵了。