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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   pettifog

   • IPA[ˈpedēˌfôɡ]

   美式

   • v.
     quibble about petty points；practice legal deception or trickery

   • verb: pettifog, 3rd person present: pettifogs, gerund or present participle: pettifogging, past tense: pettifogged, past participle: pettifogged

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. archaic quibble about petty points they pettifogged on detail and fretted about moral hazard
   • ▪ archaic practice legal deception or trickery he will rather pettifog and turn common barrator than be out of employment

   pettifogging

   • adj.
     placing undue emphasis on petty details; petty or trivial: pettifogging attorneys were the bane of civil society his pettifogging management style

   Oxford Dictionary

   pettifogging

   • adj.
     placing undue emphasis on petty details: pettifogging attorneys were the bane of civil society his pettifogging management style

   Oxford American Dictionary

3. • 更多解釋

   pettifog

   • IPA[ˈpɛtɪfɒɡ]

   英式

   • v.
     quibble about petty points: they pettifogged on detail and fretted about moral hazard

   Oxford Dictionary