pettifoggery

基本解释

• n.讼棍的手段；欺瞒

同根派生

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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

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词组短语

短语

• engage in pettifoggery 包揽词讼

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