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adj.
(形容詞)
- 不重要的 unimportant
- 卑鄙的;小氣的 mean;narrow-minded
adj.
形容詞
- 小的,小規模的,小型的
- 瑣碎的,不重要的,次要的,不足道的
- 下級的,職位低的
- 氣量小的,心胸狹窄的,小氣的,器量小的,狹隘的
- 無聊的
- 渺小的
- 卑劣的,卑鄙的
- 注重瑣事的
- 一點點
n.
名詞
- 佩蒂(音譯名)
- 【簿記】小額
- 廁所
Noun:
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larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
Adjective:
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inferior in rank or status;
"the junior faculty"
"a lowly corporal"
"petty officialdom"
"a subordinate functionary"
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(informal) small and of little importance;
"a fiddling sum of money"
"a footling gesture"
"our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"
"a little (or small) matter"
"a dispute over niggling details"
"limited to petty enterprises"
"piffling efforts"
"giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
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contemptibly narrow in outlook;
"petty little comments"
"disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"
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用作形容詞 (adj.)
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The party split into petty factions.
該黨裂變成實施意見小派系。
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The paymasters of these petty crooks are the big crime syndicates.
操作這幫小無賴的即使那些大犯罪分子群體。
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In his short life he had run the entire gamut of crime, from petty theft to murder.
他在轉瞬即逝的走過一生中,小時候偷小摸到行兇,有什么罪都犯過。
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Don't bug me with petty details.
就不要講這里的瑣事的過程來煩我。
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People do not discourage this kind of petty work.
我們對這一種主要的作業不充分避免。
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She grew tired of his petty jealousies.
她愈來愈越厭惡他那些胸懷梗塞的忌妒動作。
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She is very petty at times.
她甚至有時候特小小心眼。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
做為定語
~+ n.
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It was a petty problem and they soon solved it.
這僅一個小故障,兩人越快就搞定了。
用做表語
It is/was+~+of sb+to- v
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It was petty of her not to accept the apology.
她氣量太窄,連賠禮道歉是不學習。
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Mithridates was once more a petty Asiatic prince existing upon sufferance.
源于: J. A. Froude
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It isn't a gang which would usually get further than an occasional petty theft.
出至: G. Greene
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Details of history in this period are details of petty events, leaving no permanent effects.
來源于: G. L. Harding
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- petty,trivial
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- 這兩個形容詞均含“瑣細的,不重要的”之意。
- petty指在同類中是最小最微不足道的人或事物。
- trivial指無特別價值或重要意義的普通小事。
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