英语释义

• inferior in rank or status;

  "the junior faculty"

  "a lowly corporal"

  "petty officialdom"

  "a subordinate functionary"

• (informal terms) 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"

  "Mickey Mouse regulations"

  "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"

片语

petty official小官员

petty bourgeois小资产阶级分子

Tom Petty汤姆·佩蒂

petty crime轻微罪行

Petty Romance吝啬罗曼史

petty trick小聪明

petty bourgeoisie小资产阶级（等于petite bourgeoisie）

Petty people小小的人

William Petty威廉·配第

Petty Sum小额

petty officer海军士官，海军军士

petty niggling比喻对个人私利的打算

petty cash零用现金；小额备用金

英汉例句

• mr baruch dismisses that as petty and spiteful.

  巴鲁克驳斥其为小气和恶意的。

• our planet may burn, millions may die, and cities such as moscow and new york may smoulder, but at least we will be free of petty regulation and bureaucracy. it seems a stiff price to pay.

  我们的星球也许会燃烧，数百万人也许会死亡，莫斯科和纽约这样的城市也许会闷燃毁灭，但是，至少我们会摆脱琐碎的管理和官僚主义，而这似乎要付出极其沉重的代价。

• until recently the government was sceptical of the value of imprisoning people for petty crime; and the arguments against doing so remain as strong as they were two weeks ago.

  直到最近，政府开始思考因为小罪将人关进监狱的这种做法到底价值何在；而反对政府这一做法的呼声和两星期前一样强烈。

• the company will reimburse you out of petty cash.

  公司将用小额备用金把钱还给你。

• but in return for supporting the government, he wants tougher sentences for petty criminals and the publication on the internet of the names of all those who receive state benefits.

  但是作为支持政府的回报，他要求对普通罪犯，对那些以得到国家福利的人之名在因特网上的出版物施以更严厉的刑罚。

• then i remembered how often, too, had been indifferent to the grandeur of each day, too preoccupied with petty and sometimes even mean concerns to respond to the splendor of it all.

  继而我就想到我平常也太过于沉湎于日常的琐碎俗物中，而对身边的美景漠然，甚至是视而不见。

• they also give bankers a way to size up borrowers: those who struggle to separate petty cash from capital might not be ready for the big time.

  而这也是银行家估计借贷者情况的一个方式：那些努力将资金分成小额现款的借贷者也许并没準备大干一番。

• why should i permit the petty happenings of today to disturb me?

  为什么我要现在发生的微不足道的琐事烦扰我？

• for those who cannot get such regular jobs, a petty business is the next best thing.

  对找不到正常工作的人来说，一些零星琐碎的经营是再好不过的事情了。

• therefore, according to liu, such 「 petty 」 school rules are still necessary even though students may resent them.

  因此，刘主任认为，即使会招致学生的不满情绪，这些「琐碎」的校规也是必不可少的。

• petty pilfering is on the increase in super market.

  超市里的小偷小摸现象日见增多。

• if, despite the pleasures of a regular pay packet and enhanced organisational skills, you find yourself struggling with the rigours of timekeeping, office rules and petty politics, don\'t worry.

  也许你会得到定期补助，或组织技能得到提升而狂喜，但倘若你发觉自己苦苦挣扎于苛刻的守时、严格的职规、琐碎的办公室政治时，亦无担忧的必要。

• they were also sent because of petty crime, like stealing food, or because they had missed school.

  还有人是因为像盗窃食物这样的轻微罪行，或者是因为缺课而被送走的。

• many businesses are entangled in petty rules when they seek to set up or expand.

  许多企业在设法成立或拓展事业时，都被琐碎的规章束缚着。

• the accountant said that we could use petty cash to buy paper but not to buy a new printer.

  会计说我们可以用零用现金去买纸，但是不能用它买一个新的打印机。

• he has dropped some of the petty restrictions that irritate cubans.

  他抛弃了那些激怒古巴人民的小的限制。

• there was nothing to talk about except the petty gossip of the road, the good and bad spikes, the charitable and uncharitable counties, the iniquities of the police and the salvation army.

  这里没什么话题可聊，要聊也都是些琐碎的閑话，比如去哪儿的路怎么走、哪儿的收容站好哪儿的不好、哪个县待遇好哪个县刻薄、哪儿的警察和救世军办事不公道等等。

相似词

low牛叫

miserable悲惨的；痛苦的；卑鄙的

despicable卑劣的；可鄙的

base(Base) （英、美、爱尔兰）马濑（人名）

mean用意；意味着；意欲；引起；十分熟悉；严肃地说；意义重大；预示

wretched可怜的；卑鄙的；令人苦恼或难受的

contemptible可鄙的；卑劣的；可轻视的

trivial不重要的，琐碎的；琐细的

minor未成年人；小调；辅修科目

inferior下级；次品

puny弱小的；微不足道的；微小的

unimportant不重要的；琐碎的

small小件物品；矮小的人

base(Base) （英、美、爱尔兰）马濑（人名）

small小件物品；矮小的人

contemptible可鄙的；卑劣的；可轻视的

inferior下级；次品

important重要的，重大的；有地位的；有权力的

unimportant不重要的；琐碎的

worthless无价值的；不值钱的；卑微的

low牛叫

trivial不重要的，琐碎的；琐细的

paltry不足取的；无价值的；琐碎的；卑鄙的

wretched可怜的；卑鄙的；令人苦恼或难受的

despicable卑劣的；可鄙的

puny弱小的；微不足道的；微小的

miserable悲惨的；痛苦的；卑鄙的

mean用意；意味着；意欲；引起；十分熟悉；严肃地说；意义重大；预示

minor未成年人；小调；辅修科目

相反词

superior上级，长官；优胜者，高手；长者

important重要的，重大的；有地位的；有权力的

significant象征；有意义的事物

great大师；大人物；伟人们

important重要的，重大的；有地位的；有权力的

grand宏伟的；豪华的；极重要的

great大师；大人物；伟人们