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

petty(Petty)人名；(英、法)佩蒂

trivial不重要的，琐碎的；琐细的

英汉例句

• einstein was said always to wear the same clothes so as to avoid having to trouble his brain with such piffling matters as deciding between suits.

  听说，爱因斯坦老是穿戴同样的衣服，这样就用不着为穿什么衣服这种琐事而伤思维。

• conservative mps who distrust the eu—ie, most of them—seem glumly certain that the referendum lock is a piffling idea, a gimmick that will do little to defend british interests.

  国会中不信任欧盟的议员（绝大多数）愠怒地认为「公投锁」不过是个小把戏，耍个噱头而已，根本不能捍卫英国利益。

• this can be accomplished by lifting the hindquarter with the tail, piffling the foreleg, and applying a pumping motion with a foot in the flank.

  抓起牛尾巴以抬高它的后部，拉起前腿，用脚踩住牛的侧腹做打气的动作。

• he found those with a lower base level of the hormone tended to prefer immediate payment, even when the sum in question was piffling compared with the promised future compensation.

  他发现那些具有更低水平糖皮质激素的人倾向于选择即时报酬，即使即时报酬数目和未来承诺的补偿相比微不足道，结果也是这样。

• the properties of washington, dc, are valued at a piffling $232 billion.

  而华盛顿特区的地产仅价值2320亿美元。

• germany, which has promised a piffling euro 12 billion ($15 billion), may be shamed into spending more.

  德国之前承诺的区区120亿欧元（合150亿美元）的投入相形见绌，有可能会有进一步的计划。

相似词

chicken鸡肉的；胆怯的；幼小的

footling做笨事；浪费时间（footle的ing形式）

inconsequential不重要的；不合理的；不合逻辑的

inconsiderable不足取的；不值得考虑的；琐屑的

insignificant无关紧要的

measly极少的，少得可怜的（贬义）；患麻疹的

Mickey Mouse米老鼠

minute分，分钟；片刻，一会儿；备忘录，笔记；会议记录

negligible微不足道的，可以忽略的

niggling过于琐碎的工作；无关紧要的事

nominal[语] 名词性词

paltry不足取的；无价值的；琐碎的；卑鄙的

peanut花生

petty(Petty)人名；(英、法)佩蒂

picayune价值低微的小硬币；西班牙小币；（非正式）无足轻重的人，微不足道的事物

piddling撒尿；鬼混（piddle的ing形式）

pimping拉皮条；盛大或持续推售、推销；装扮，使（某物）更酷炫；告密（pimp 的现在分词）

slight轻视，忽略；怠慢

trifling浪费，閑聊（trifle的现在分词）

trivial不重要的，琐碎的；琐细的

相反词

big(Big)人名；(土)比格

consequential间接的；结果的；重要的；随之发生的；自傲的

considerable相当大的；重要的，值得考虑的

important重要的，重大的；有地位的；有权力的

material材料；用具；（有指明特征的）人才；素材；曲目；布料

significant象征；有意义的事物