單詞
pettifogging
美['p?t?f?ɡ??]
基本信息
- 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）
英英釋意
- 1. quibbling over insignificant details;
- "caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke
- "her nagging and carping attack"
- "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking"
- "a pettifogging lawyer's mind"
- "had no patience with quibbling critics"
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