hairsplitting

A hairsplitting decision allowed Catalans to continue claiming they belonged to a nation, while stating that the claim had no legal worth.

一个吹毛求疵的决定是允许加泰罗尼亚人继续声称他们属于一个单独的国家，但是同时声明这种宣称没有法律效力。

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。

eg: I am tired of your hairsplitting arguments, let's hurry up and make a decision.

我对你在鸡蛋里挑骨头的争论感到很厌烦，我们赶快做个决定吧。