pettifog
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
這個字我們還沒有寫成教學內容。以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，方便你先看懂它的意思。
pettifogverb/ˈpɛt.iˌfɒɡ/
- 1
To quibble over trivial matters; nitpick.
- Don't pettifog or we will soon grow weary.
- [Deacon Mushrat to Pogo:] The Machiavellian barratry of a pettifogging public has maundered into do-nothingism.
- 2
To do a petty business as a lawyer, or carry out law business in a petty or tricky way.
- He is a common barreter for his pleasure, that takes no money, but pettifogs gratis.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。