pettifogging

常见例句

The handling is simple and is a far cry from pettifogging tidy structure.
处理简单，是相去甚远讼棍整齐的结构。
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。
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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