• adj. 騙人的；瑣碎的，無用的；詭辯的
• n. 詭辯，欺騙
• v. 欺詐；詭辯（pettifog的ing形式）

來自petty,小的，-fog,詞源不詳，可能來自fog,放煙霧，使迷惑。比喻用法。

pettifogging

1570s as a verbal noun; c. 1600 as a past participle adjective; see pettifogger. A verb pettifog is rare and attested only from 1640s.

1. The handling is simple and is a far cry from pettifogging tidy structure.

處理簡單,是相去甚遠訟棍整齊的結(jié)構(gòu).

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