pettifogging

常見例句

The handling is simple and is a far cry from pettifogging tidy structure.
處理簡(jiǎn)單，是相去甚遠(yuǎn)訟棍整齊的結(jié)構(gòu)。
Freed from the pettifogging concerns of quibbling lawyers and self-serving politicians, goes the argument, he can concentrate on eradicating extremism.
有個(gè)論調(diào)說，擺脫了吹毛求疵的律師和自私的政客們的所謂的關(guān)心，他能夠集中精力根除極端主義。
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Republicans have always taken such gestures seriously, and they have been as meticulous as any pettifogging lawyer in their own use of language.
ECONOMIST: Sinn Fein comes on board
Sprawling sores like the meltdown in Somalia or the conflict in Rwanda were to be scrupulously avoided, and Bosnia tiptoed round for months with pettifogging excuses.
ECONOMIST: Warren Christopher
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