pettifogging

英式音标：[ˈpetɪfɒgɪŋ]

美式音标：[ˈpetɪfɑgɪŋ]

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概况：

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）

词义：

adj.

讼棍的，骗人的，诡辩的；

n.

讼棍，诡辩，欺骗；

v.

讲歪理，诡辩，做讼棍( pettifog的现在分词 )；

英英释义

pettifogging[ 'peti,fɔɡiŋ, -fɔ:ɡ ]

adj.quibbling over insignificant details

"a pettifogging lawyer's mind"

同义词：cavilingcarpingnitpickingquibbling

用法：

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

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。

权威例句

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The Clearfield Medical Services Case: "effectuating the policies of the act"or "shortsighted, pettifogging insistence upon litigati...

同义词：useless,unnecessary,sophism,fraud

同根词：petty,pettiness,pettily,pettifoggery,pettifogger,pettifog

英语词源：

pettifogging

1570s as a verbal noun; c. 1600 as a past participle adjective; see pettifogger. A verb pettifog is rare and attested only from 1640s.

造句：

1. 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。

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2. 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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3. 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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4. pleaders-Edmund Burke; her nagging and carping attack; thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking; a pettifogging

挑剔的讼棍和吹毛求疵的辩护人——爱德蒙德·贝克；她那挑剔、吹毛求疵的批评；认为她的编辑是在没必要的吹毛求疵；挑剔的律师意见；对找碴的批评者失去了耐心。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

5. pettifogging details, objections, etc

无关宏旨的细节、 异议等.

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

6. pettifogging about a trivial clause in a contract.

就合同中一条无关紧要的条款挑理

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考