英语释义

• (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"

片语

useless无用的；无效的

small小件物品；矮小的人

unnecessary不必要的；多余的，无用的

英汉例句

• by this time, the tablewill be spotted with everybody’s piddling island archipelagoes of dressings andsauces and wine sprayed across the white tablecloth.

  到那时，白色的桌布上会洒满食物的敷料、汤汁和酒，看上去就像太平洋里的群岛。

• i don「t want to hear all the piddling little details!

  我不想听那些琐碎的事！

• at that piddling price, the young man calculated that the jute bag plus the labor to fill it with sugar actually exceeded the value of the sugar contents. how could he lose?

  这个年轻人算得很精：单是麻袋成本加上人工成本就超过麻袋里面糖的价值，以那么低的价格买入，他怎么会亏？

• too many people are apt to redeem their profits too quickly. in a huge bull market they wind up with piddling profits, only to watch their former holdings soar.

  太多人倾向于过早地收取利益，在大牛市中，他们获取了很少的利益就出手了，眼巴巴地看着原来持有的股票一路飙升。

• be direct with people; let them know exactly how you feel by piddling on their shoes.

  对人要直接，把尿尿在他的鞋子他就会知道你确切的感想了…

• that piddling 2.3% gain on the s&p 500 is a huge 11.5 percentage points above the loss delivered by the shanghai market this year.

  今年标普500那微不足道的2.3%升幅与跌跌不休的上海股市造成的亏损局面相比，大大地高出了11.5%。

• or, one might say, focus on the long-term goal you have in mind, and forget the piddling little detours on the way.

  或者有人会说，把注意力集中在你脑子里长远的目标上，忘记那些道路上的无用的小弯路。

• instead it is one of only three piddling acquisitions made in emerging markets since the financial crisis began in 2007.

  相反，这是2007年金融危机发生后，汇丰仅有的三起无聊并购之一。

• but besides the meanderings of the dow and s&p some market watchers have been eyeing volume numbers which have been pretty piddling lately.

  但除了道琼斯指数和标準普尔指数的一波三折外，一些市场观察人士还在关注最近相当清淡的成交量数据。

• nonetheless, there is one piddling detail to be taken care of before declaring a victory for the rule of law in mexico: bringing mr godoy toscano to justice.

  然而，在宣布墨西哥法制胜利之前，还要考虑一个微小的细节——将托斯卡诺绳之以法。

• in a huge bull market they wind up with piddling profits only to watch their former holdings soar.

  在巨大的上涨行情中他们以小的利益抛售目前持有的飞涨的股票。

• my dear friend, does not like me piddling away my time in the meaningless annoyance.

  朋友，不要像我这样，在无谓的烦恼中蹉跎了时光。

• generally, scarlett would not have cared whether she received at melly」s piddling parties or not.

  通常 情况 下 ，思嘉并不在意是否在媚兰举办的家宴上参加接待客人。

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