pettifoggery
常见例句
- The hand responds to the heart, the pettifoggery is expressive, is in the folk art essence.
心手相应，刀笔传神，为民间艺术中的精华。 - A witty, soft-hearted man of the scholar class (a xiu-cai), he has given up law practice (pettifoggery) to run an inn.
宋世杰是一个机智的、宽厚的的秀才，他封笔绝讼，经营着一家客栈。 - 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.
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