Psychologists Thomas Kern and Andrew Hill define perfectionism as " an irrational desire to achieve, along with being overly critical of one's self and others" .

心理学家汤玛斯·库兰以及安德鲁·希尔将完美主义定义为" 对于自身及他人过度苛刻，只为了达成目标的不合理渴望。"

She was strict, imperious, and did not accept laziness or incompetence in her dancers.

她严格、甚至苛刻，从不姑息迁就舞蹈学员的懒情和不合格。

Indeed, some AIG shareholders are suing the federal government over the bail-out's onerous terms.

事实，因为救援案中的许多苛刻的条款，一些美国国际集团的股东准备将联邦政府告法庭。

King was a thorny, prophetic, demanding thinker.

金是一位富有争议、有先见之明、要求苛刻的思想家。

I would do interviews, and people would be mean to me.

访谈节目，那些人对也很苛刻。

This place is suffocating me with this boss being such a hard-ass and colleagues who barely know how to get dressed in the morning.

这个地方实在是令太郁闷了。老板要求太苛刻了，同事们又都是二百五。

" Muvver" ! The voice was more demanding.

" 穆维尔！" 声音变得更苛刻了。

I hope you're not beating yourself up.

你对自己别太苛刻了。

It's just that we may, without noticing, have taken the question somewhere else - and very often, to particularly harsh modern figure of authority: media and social media.

只是，们可能在不知不觉中把问题转移到了别处。而往往是转向了尤为苛刻的现代权威之物：媒体和社交媒体。

But the terms would be onerous.

但是条件会很苛刻。

And though it's stringent and demanding, if you think it through, it's actually pretty persuasive.

虽然很严格也很苛刻，但仔细想就会发现它颇具说服力。

Their admission criteria are more demanding than Harvard's.

录取标准比哈佛还要苛刻。

The authors say that, particularly in Europe and North America, the young now refuse to admire anyone; that we are living in a world too well informed, too curious and critical for hero worship.

这些文章声称，特别是在欧洲和北美，现在的年轻人不愿意赞赏任何人；他们还说们生活的这个世界消息太灵通了，人们太爱刨根问底，太苛刻，因此没有英雄崇拜。

12 DIMM slots accommodate up to 1.5 terabytes of RAM for the most demanding tasks.

十二个 DIMM 插槽可容纳内存高达 1.5 兆兆字节的 RAM，以满足最苛刻的任务。

He pushes his team to the edge and beyond.

他对自己的团队要求很高，近乎苛刻。

Now, a new study suggests getting benefits from exercise doesn't have to be that demanding.

近期一项新的研究表明，从锻炼中获得的好处不需要那么苛刻地去计算。

A lot of minimalism can appear harsh and inhuman, the exception is minimalistic music.

许多极简主义可能会显得苛刻、缺乏人情味，极简主义音乐是个例外。

Don't beat yourself up about it, okay?

不要对自己太苛刻，好吗？

When harsh expectations flood your brain in the morning, what happens to your motivation?

当早苛刻的期望充斥脑时，动机会发生什么变化吗？

Or they might be fussy and demanding.

或者，他们可能会挑剔和苛刻。