petty
英 ['pet?]
美['p?ti]
- adj. 瑣碎的；小氣的；小規模的
- n. (Petty)人名；(英、法)佩蒂
實用場景例句
- petty squabbles
- 小口角
牛津詞典
- petty crime/theft (= that is not very serious)
- 輕微罪行 / 偷竊
牛津詞典
- a petty criminal/thief
- 輕罪犯；小竊賊
牛津詞典
- a petty bureaucrat/official (= who does not have much power or authority, although they might pretend to)
- 小官僚；小官員
牛津詞典
- How could you be so petty?
- 你怎么那么小氣呢？
牛津詞典
- He was miserable all the time and rows would start over petty things.
- 他總是愁眉苦臉的，常因小事發怒。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- ...endless rules and petty regulations...
- 沒完沒了的規則和繁復瑣碎的規定
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- He was petty-minded and obsessed with detail...
- 他小肚雞腸，滿腦子都是雞毛蒜皮的事兒。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- I think that attitude is a bit petty.
- 我覺得那種態度有點小題大做。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Wilson was not a man who dealt with petty officials.
- 威爾遜不是個與小官小吏打交道的人。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- ...petty crime, such as handbag-snatching and minor break-ins.
- 搶手提包和入室盜竊等輕罪
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- So we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life.
- 于是我們干著瑣碎的事情, 幾乎意識不到我們對生活的倦怠態度.
期刊摘選
- We must investigate and clean up the petty graft which has appeared in some places.
- 必須檢查和糾正各地已經發生的貪污現象.
期刊摘選
- He was also petty, unreasonably querulous, and mean.
- 他還是個氣量狹窄, 無事生非, 平庸刻薄的人.
辭典例句
- People do not discourage this kind of petty work.
- 人們對這種次要的工作不加以阻止.
辭典例句
- The removal of petty restrictions has made life easier.
- 對一些瑣碎規定的取消使生活更自在了.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- He seems to take delight in petty cruelty.
- 他好像喜歡說傷人的話.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- The petty clerk was afraid of offending his boss.
- 這個小職員不敢得罪他的老板.
《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- My life is hedged around with petty regulations.
- 我的生活受到種種清規戒律的限制.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- A gentleman is open and poised; a petty man is unhappy and worried.
- 君子坦蕩蕩, 小人長戚戚.
《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- He got the sack for petty thieving.
- 他因小偷小摸而被開除了.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- The party split into petty factions.
- 該黨分裂成若干小派系.
《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- The writer often obfuscates the real issues with petty details.
- 那作家常以細枝末節來混淆實質問題.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- It was petty of her not to accept the apology.
- 她氣量太小,連道歉也不接受.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- No petty official was going to stop Philip from getting into the enclosure. He would just snap his fingers at them.
- 沒有哪位職位不高的官員敢阻止菲力普進入圍欄, 他會對他們不屑一顧.
《簡明英漢詞典》