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pettifogging

/pet-ee-fog-ing, -faw-ging/US // ˈpɛt iˌfɒg ɪŋ, -ˌfɔ gɪŋ //UK // (ˈpɛtɪˌfɒɡɪŋ) //

堵塞漏洞,堵塞,堵塞堵塞,堵塞毛孔

Related Words

niggle小题大做,小题大作,轻视,磨蹭bicker争吵,争论不休,争吵不休,斗嘴wrangle争吵,争执,争辩,争论hassle烦人,烦扰,纠缠不清,纠结prevaricate推诿,推诿扯皮,搪塞,推诿责任fence栅栏,篱笆,围墙,围栏avoid避免,避开,避免使用,避免了flip-flop触发器,触发开关,拨动电话,触发式spar疏通,疏散,疏导,疏于管理dispute纠纷,争端,争议,争执cavil洞穴,穴位,穴居,蛀牙squabble争吵,拌嘴,争吵声,怄气nitpick吹毛求疵,挑剔,挑毛病,鸡蛋里挑骨头carp鲤鱼,鲫鱼,鲩鱼,鲤鱼的waffle华夫饼,华夫饼干,华夫,华芙criticize批评,批判,指责,说三道四shift移位,转移,移,轮班pretend假装,装作,装扮,假设evade躲避,回避,避开,逃避equivocate拐弯抹角,含糊其辞,模棱两可,拐弯抹角的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : insignificant; petty: pettifogging details.
    • : dishonest or unethical in insignificant matters; meanly petty.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbquibble
Synonyms
altercate争吵,争论,争辩,争吵声argufy争论,争辩,辩称,争论不休avoid避免,避开,避免使用,避免了bicker争吵,争论不休,争吵不休,斗嘴carp鲤鱼,鲫鱼,鲩鱼,鲤鱼的cavil洞穴,穴位,穴居,蛀牙chicane驰道,岔路口,岔道,岔道口criticize批评,批判,指责,说三道四dispute纠纷,争端,争议,争执equivocate拐弯抹角,含糊其辞,模棱两可,拐弯抹角的evade躲避,回避,避开,逃避fence栅栏,篱笆,围墙,围栏flip-flop触发器,触发开关,拨动电话,触发式hassle烦人,烦扰,纠缠不清,纠结niggle小题大做,小题大作,轻视,磨蹭nitpick吹毛求疵,挑剔,挑毛病,鸡蛋里挑骨头pretend假装,装作,装扮,假设prevaricate推诿,推诿扯皮,搪塞,推诿责任shift移位,转移,移,轮班spar疏通,疏散,疏导,疏于管理squabble争吵,拌嘴,争吵声,怄气waffle华夫饼,华夫饼干,华夫,华芙wrangle争吵,争执,争辩,争论argue over争论,争论不休,争辩,争吵blow hot and cold忽冷忽热,吹毛求疵,忽冷忽热地吹,忽冷忽热地吹嘘catch at straws捉襟见肘,抓紧时间,抓药,捉摸不透have at it来吧,随意,随手拈来,随手hem and haw支支吾吾,支支吾吾的,折腾来折腾去,支支吾吾的说hypercriticize过度批判,过度批评,超批判,超批判性make a big thing about大做文章,大谈特谈,大肆宣扬,大做文章的nit-pickparalogize谱系化,旁系化,谱系化处理,旁系亲属pick to pieces挑破,挑拣,扒开,挑剔put up an argument辩论,辩解,争辩,争论不休set to设为,设置为,设定为,定为split hairs钻牛角尖,分裂的毛发,分裂的头发,钻空子talk back顶嘴,回嘴,回话,顶撞

Examples

  • He is only a pettifogging country Squire, whose views on the Land Question are ob-solete in tot-to.

  • Dare not say it is, or I will, upon the spot, divorce your pettifogging soul from your carrion carcass!

  • By conforming to the Laws of this Universe; instead of trying by pettifogging to evade and profitably contradict them.

  • I think you're nothing but a pettifogging lawyer—that there ain't no partner, and I'm no better'n a fool to talk to you.

  • The pettifogging objections to some social plan had very little chance of survival owing to the dynamic power of the reformers.

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