pettier

adj. 小的；瑣碎的；次要的；狹隘的

詳細解釋

adj.(形容詞)

n.(名詞)

同步翻譯

adj.(形容詞)

英語翻譯

Noun:

larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)

Adjective:

inferior in rank or status;
\\\"the junior faculty\\\"
\\\"a lowly corporal\\\"
\\\"petty officialdom\\\"
\\\"a subordinate functionary\\\"
(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\\\"
contemptibly narrow in outlook;
\\\"petty little comments\\\"
\\\"disgusted with their small-minded pettiness\\\"

造句

用作形容詞(adj.)

The party split into petty factions.
該黨分裂成若干小派系。
The paymasters of these petty crooks are the big crime syndicates.
操縱這幫小流氓的就是那個大犯罪集團。
In his short life he had run the entire gamut of crime, from petty theft to murder.
他在短短的一生中,從小偷小摸到殺人,什么罪都犯過。
Don\\\'t bug me with petty details.
不要講那些瑣碎的細節來煩我。
People do not discourage this kind of petty work.
人們對這種次要的工作不加以阻止。
She grew tired of his petty jealousies.
她越來越討厭他那種心胸狹窄的忌妒行為。
She is very petty at times.
她有時很小心眼。

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

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組詞

Mithridates was once more a petty Asiatic prince existing upon sufferance.
出自：J. A. Froude
It isn\\\'t a gang which would usually get further than an occasional petty theft.
出自：G. Greene
Details of history in this period are details of petty events, leaving no permanent effects.
出自：G. L. Harding

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