pettifogger

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɛtɪˌfɒɡə/    美 /ˈpɛtɪˌfɑɡɚ/|/ˈpɛtɪˌfɔɡɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone who quibbles over trivia, and raises petty, annoying objections and sophistry.
    — Hence the cunning measure of appointing as ambassador some political pettifogger skilled in delays, sophisms, and misapprehensions, and dexterous in the art of baffling argument.
  2. An unscrupulous or unethical lawyer, especially one of lesser skill.
    — "An inn, or a tavern . . . these are places where greasy citizens take pipe and pot, where the knavish pettifoggers of the law spunge on their most unhappy victims.

词形变化

pettifoggers plural

词汇关系

相关词
pettifog pettifoggery

词源

petty + fogger
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