The prefix hyper is used before an adjective to show having too much of that quality, for example hypercritical means being too critical.

前“hyper”形容词前，表示具有太多的该特质，例如吹毛求疵是过挑剔。

And what that means is that when somebody approaches you at work and they're being hypercritical, what is the instinct?

这意味着当有人在工作中接近他们非常挑剔时，本能是什么？