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. 骗人的；琐碎的，无用的；诡辩的
• n. 诡辩，欺骗
• v. 欺诈；诡辩（pettifog的ing形式）

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• The handling is simple and is a far cry from pettifogging tidy structure.
  处理简单，是相去甚远讼棍整齐的结构。
• Freed from the pettifogging concerns of quibbling lawyers and self-serving politicians, goes the argument, he can concentrate on eradicating extremism.
  有个论调说，摆脱了吹毛求疵的律师和自私的政客们的所谓的关心，他能够集中精力根除极端主义。
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权威例句

• 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

词组短语

短语

• Pettifogging Lawyer 刀笔讼师
• cogged deceptious pettifogging 骗人的

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• Pettifogging people give too much attention to small unimportant details in a way that shows a limited mind.

柯林斯英英字典

• petty