nice: implies fine discrimination in perception and evaluation: makes a ~ distinction between an artist and a craftsman.      (fine和nice互相解释，都表示精细细微，如本例nice distinction细微的区别，如fine discrimination精细鉴别，精细陶瓷是fine china，fine gold纯金)     


dainty: suggests a tendency to reject what does not conform to one's delicate taste or sensibility: when camping, one cannot afford to be ~ about food.


fastidious: implies having very high and often capricious ethical, artistic, or social standards: a woman too ~ to tolerate messy little boys.    caprice任性  messy凌乱肮脏不整洁令人厌烦的


finicky: implies an affected, often exasperating fastidiousness: small children are usually ~ eaters.   （affected做作，即装模作样营造效果不真诚不自然）   exasperating使人恼怒不耐烦


particular: implies an insistence that one's exacting standards be met: a customer who is very ~ about his fried eggs.   （exacting严苛: 要求很严标准很高，必须很小心很精确才能满足）


fussy: adds a connotation of querulousness to finicky and particular: very ~ about the starch in his shirts.   （querulous不停抱怨的=complain，如don't be querulous like a baby不要像小孩一样不停抱怨）        starch浆衣服床单等用的淀粉浆、淀粉


squeamish: suggests an oversensitive or prudish readiness to be nauseated, disgusted, or offended: ~ about erotic art.    （prudish正经的）  erotic色情的


nice精细: 指(观察评价时的)精细鉴别，dainty挑食: 拒绝不符合精细口味的食物，fastidious挑剔: 指标准非常高，常表示任性，finicky挑剔: 挑剔到让人厌烦，particular挑剔: 坚持自己的严苛标准得到满足，fussy挑剔抱怨: 增加了爱抱怨的意思，squeamish易被冒犯: 表示过度敏感正经，动辄被恶心冒犯


记忆方法: 1) 首字母ndffpfs排列成NDFFSFP你的发福是肥胖<==挑剔

               2) 挑剔的意思是要求严苛mean having or showing exacting standards.首字母ndffpfs排列成NDFFSFP你的发福是肥胖<==挑剔   （exacting严苛即要求很严标准很高，必须很小心很精确implies rigor or sternness or extreme fastidiousness in the one demanding and extreme care and precision in the one who or thing that meets these demands，如an exacting employer一个严苛的雇主）