pettifogging
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈpet.ɪˌfɒɡ.ɪŋ]
- 美式音标 [ˈpet̬.ɪˌfɑː.ɡɪŋ]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 騙人的；瑣碎的，無用的；詭辯的
- n. 詭辯，欺騙
- v. 欺詐；詭辯（pettifog的ing形式）
英汉例句
- The handling is simple and is a far cry from pettifogging tidy structure.
処理簡單，是相去甚遠訟棍整齊的結搆。 - Freed from the pettifogging concerns of quibbling lawyers and self-serving politicians, goes the argument, he can concentrate on eradicating extremism.
有個論調說，擺脫了吹毛求疵的律師和自私的政客們的所謂的關心，他能夠集中精力根除極耑主義。
ecocn.org - Republicans have always taken such gestures seriously, and they have been as meticulous as any pettifogging lawyer in their own use of language.
ECONOMIST: Sinn Fein comes on board - Sprawling sores like the meltdown in Somalia or the conflict in Rwanda were to be scrupulously avoided, and Bosnia tiptoed round for months with pettifogging excuses.
ECONOMIST: Warren Christopher - The cost of all this pettifoggery is huge—unless, that is, you are a member of one of the cartels that pushes for pettifogging rules or an employee of one of the bureaucratic bodies charged with enforcing them.
ECONOMIST: The terrible threat of unlicensed interior designers
雙語例句
權威例句
英英字典
- Pettifogging people give too much attention to small unimportant details in a way that shows a limited mind.
- petty