1. Marius, my boy, you are a Baron, you are rich, don't go to pettifogging, I beg of you. 马吕斯,我的孩子,你是男爵,你富有,我求你不要再去当律师了。
2. Freed from the pettifogging concerns of quibbling lawyers and self-serving politicians, goes the argument, he can concentrate on eradicating extremism. 有个论调说,摆脱了吹毛求疵的律师和自私的政客们的所谓的关心,他能够集中精力根除极端主义。
3. Trying to make up for this mistake by imposing pettifogging conditions on assisted institutions is more likely to compound the error than to reduce it. 通过对受救助机构施加挑剔的条件,来设法弥补这一错误,只可能加剧而非减轻错误。
英英解释
adj.
1. quibbling over insignificant details
网络释义
pettifogging 骗人的;
讲歪理的;
讼棍的;
cogged deceptious pettifogging 骗人的;
that every things in fairy tales are pettifogging 童话里都是骗人的;