Pettifogging
['pɛtɪfɔɡɪŋ]
解释:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pettifog
(a.) Paltry; quibbling; mean.
(n.) Pettifoggery.
编辑:罗德里克
例句:
- Rascally, pettifogging robbers! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- You are,' continued Mr. Pickwick, resuming the thread of his discourse- -'you are a well-matched pair of mean, rascally, pettifogging robbers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- It is all summed up in that,' rejoined Mr. Pickwick; 'they are mean, rascally, pettifogging robbers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- The pettifogging objections to some social plan had very little chance of survival owing to the dynamic power of the reformers. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
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