pettifogging
美['pɛtɪfɔɡɪŋ]
- 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）
英英释义
- 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"
实用场景例句
- ...pettifogging bureaucratic interference.
- 吹毛求疵的官僚干预
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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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中文词源
pettifogging 吹毛求疵的
来自petty,小的，-fog,词源不详，可能来自fog,放烟雾，使迷惑。比喻用法。
双语例句
- 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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英文词源
- 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.