pettifog
pettifog /ˈpɛt.iˌfɒɡ/ nghĩa là bắt bẻ chuyện vặt, cãi vặt
Các nghĩa
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bắt bẻ chuyện vặt, cãi vặt
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.
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hành nghề luật sư một cách nhỏ nhen, xảo trá
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.
Dạng khác
- pettifogs present, singular, third-person
- pettifogging participle, present
- pettifogged participle, past