Pettifogging
a. 讼棍的, 骗人的, 诡计多端的, 挑剔的, 诡辩的, 琐碎的, 微不足道的\\nn. 诡计, 欺骗手段
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
pettifogging
adj
(a) (of a person) paying too much attention to unimportant detail, esp in an argument （指人）吹毛求疵的, 挑剔的（尤指在争论中的）.
(b) unimportant; trivial 不重要的; 琐碎的
pettifogging details, objections, etc 无关宏旨的细节、 异议等.
🗣️ 情景例句
you, and the rest of our family.
你和我们家的其他人。
Praise no man till he is dead.
盖棺论定。
Once we detected a planet, we would have to find a way of blotting out the light from its star, so that we would be able to 'see' the planet properly and analyze its atmosphere.
一旦我们找到这样一颗行星，我们就要想办法将它的恒星射过来的光线遮暗，这样我们就能彻底“看见”这颗行星，并分析它的大气层。