- pettifogging
- ['peti,fɔɡiŋ, -fɔ:ɡ]
- 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）
同义词
参考例子
- 1.Marius, my boy, you are a Baron, you are rich, don't go to pettifogging, I beg of you.
- 马吕斯，我的孩子，你是男爵，你富有，我求你不要再去当律师了。
- 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。
- 3.Trying to make up for this mistake by imposing pettifogging conditions on assisted institutions is more likely to compound the error than to reduce it.
- 通过对受救助机构施加挑剔的条件，来设法弥补这一错误，只可能加剧而非减轻错误。
英文解释
- adj.
- 1.quibbling over insignificant details
网络释义
- pettifogging
- 骗人的; 讲歪理的; 讼棍的;
- cogged deceptious pettifogging
- 骗人的;
- that every things in fairy tales are pettifogging
- 童话里都是骗人的;