单词盒子

pettifoggery

P 开头单词

基本解释

  • n.讼棍的手段；欺瞒

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • The hand responds to the heart, the pettifoggery is expressive, is in the folk art essence.
    心手相应，刀笔传神，为民间艺术中的精华。
  • A witty, soft-hearted man of the scholar class (a xiu-cai), he has given up law practice (pettifoggery) to run an inn.
    宋世杰是一个机智的、宽厚的的秀才，他封笔绝讼，经营着一家客栈。

    • 权威例句

  • 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

  • engage in pettifoggery 包揽词讼