petty

1 a petty bureaucrat/official (= who does not have much power or authority, although they might pretend to)

小官僚；小官员

2 Meanwhile, she had bigger concerns than Octavian’s petty remarks or Rome’s contempt.

3 For all the petty bickering of the Five Islands, the jurisdiction of a kingdom extended only so far as you could still see its lands.

4 He stood there in his petty officer’s uniform, tall and almost shockingly broad-shouldered and thin-hipped, his cap pushed slightly back, the sun lighting on the patch of reddish hair that showed.

5 Tanin, however, smiled tolerantly at their jokes—she liked to consider herself above such petty emotions.

6 He hated how small and petty his voice sounded.

7 The petty jury having been sworn.

小陪审团已经宣誓。

8 I sit down at my desk and stare at my hands, ashamed of judging her, of holding on to petty competitions that no longer exist.

9 How petty she sounded, complaining about the inconvenience to herself.

10 Since 1953 this act had enforced what was known as “petty apartheid,” segregating parks, theaters, restaurants, buses, libraries, toilets, and other public facilities, according to race.

11 Walter withstood a barrage of hostile questions and rose above Yutar’s petty machinations to explain our policy in clear and simple terms.

12 Details of history in this period are details of petty events, leaving no permanent effects.

13 Poverty entails fear and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships.

贫困伴随着焦虑、压力, 有时甚至是沮丧, 那就意味着无数细小的羞辱和苦难.

14 ...endless rules and petty regulations...

没完没了的规则和繁复琐碎的规定

15 He could compete when necessary, but rarely got caught up in petty one-upsmanship.

16 “I am the Terrible Trivium, demon of petty tasks and worthless jobs, ogre of wasted effort, and monster of habit.”

17 It would be petty to spoil it over this.

18 “Paulito was only one inch tall, but he wanted to be king. Not because he was greedy or anything like that, but because his village wouldn’t stop arguing and fighting over petty nonsense.”

19 Faraday remained solitary and above petty politics, as did perhaps half of the scythes.

20 petty squabbles

小口角

1 可鄙

blithering picayune little small cheap poor SAD pathetic shabby wretched despicable unworthy slimy pitiful paltry abject scurvy contemptible pitiable poorly

2 轻微

certain minor mild vague discreetly feebly mildness slight passing venial slightly gently lightly remotely light soft weak tender bare high-grade gracile

3 琐碎的

potty unimportant frivolous piddling peddling picayune fussed pettifogging footling trivial trifling small-time niggling piffling little fiddling chota nugatory banal inconsiderable fiddle-faddle twiddly light minute insignificant petit chintzy picayunish

4 卑贱

mean simple near yellow insignificant vulgar despicable craven woeful wormy low-lived dust vulgarize

5 地位低下的

poor

6 次要

subalternate minor lesser collateral subordinate second-string scrabbly back-burner secondarily subalternation by- back burner small secondary subsidiary peripheral accidental incidental subservient side unessential low supporting unimportant second-class minor-league fringe petite offbeat puny petit one-horse puniness

7 无价值

base cheap straw null miserable nominal trivial vain worthless vile futile unworthy husky dud paltry measly trashy threepenny twopenny piffling catchpenny unvalued chaffy raca nothingness no account

8 小

little small light young baby petite diminutive two-by-four dinky petit littleness limited minor narrow slim marginal wee fiddling piddling poky S -ette -let mini- low junior tenuous scanty inconsiderable one-horse lepto- oligo- micro- fils -rel belittle soft lesser mingy chota toytown naggish chick pony insignificant bitty pint-size smallness -ular chicken thumbnail slender venial sawed-off pocket-size shirttail diddy jerkwater Podunk suckerel toucanet caddie pustule knave sitella drop

9 小器的

handfast little

10 无关紧要的

small immaterial inconsequential inessential

11 卑劣的

base low miserable contemptible misbegotten dirty lousy despicable abject snide snotty unmanly low-lived mean small poor sorry insect nasty reptile naughty vile beggar shabby lowering wretched unworthy scaly villainous sleazy reptilian scoundrel mean-spirited squalid mucky ornery scummy mangy wormy chintzy verminous currish snifty snoep little chicken yellow foul villain filthy cowardly shoddy paltry soulless scurvy dastardly dishonorable ratty degrading scabby low-down ungenerous scabbed poltroon hilding baseborn meanspirited cowardy low-minded

12 一点点

cool little touch taste tooth shadow trace spark trait scrap straw smack tithe morsel whit modicum tittle minim soupcon scantling stiver imperceivable imperceptible sl. slightly point thought stitch quantum whisper whiff whoop hoot teaspoonful smidgen twopence fiddlestick skosh skerrick haet a little bit only a few the least bit

13 不重要

little small slight peripheral marginal trivial insignificant potty negligible paltry immaterial inconsequential trifling small-time dispensable piddling pettifogging -let not come to much nothing much simple meaningless futile unimportant expendable dinky unnoticeable petit liminal no-account indifference nothingness unimportance de-emphasize of no account off the map nothing to it neither here nor there lightweight irrelevant superficial inconsiderable two-bit poxy unconsidered nugatory chota biggie insignificance be for the birds mean nothing of no consequence

14 小题大做

pernickety pettish fuss kerfuffle a storm in a teacup

15 无关紧要

small immaterial inconsequential inessential all one small account

16 无价值的

base cheap straw null miserable nominal trivial vain worthless vile futile unworthy husky dud paltry measly trashy threepenny twopenny piffling catchpenny unvalued chaffy raca no account

17 渺小的

peanut paltry

18 次要的

subalternate minor lesser collateral subordinate second-string scrabbly back-burner by- less subsidiary peripheral marginal subservient petit small-time small secondary accidental incidental side unessential low supporting unimportant second-class minor-league fringe petite offbeat puny one-horse

19 心胸狭窄的

small-minded blinkered small-bore meanspirited

20 不重要的

little small slight peripheral marginal trivial insignificant potty negligible paltry immaterial inconsequential trifling small-time piddling pettifogging obscure unimportant nickel-and-dime small-bore nugatory simple meaningless futile expendable dinky unnoticeable petit liminal no-account off the map nothing to it neither here nor there lightweight irrelevant superficial inconsiderable two-bit poxy unconsidered chota of no consequence

21 小规模的

small pocket miniature small-scale small-time brushfire cameo on a shoestring in little hippocket brush-fire pygmy hip-pocket in microcosm

22 小题大做的

pernickety pettish

23 细微的

subtle nice fine delicate paltry imperceptible

24 下级的

junior lower inferior subordinate low-level subaltern

25 厕所

hoosgow karzy can head office necessary rear crystal convenience toilet temple closet stool twilight privy john lavatory cloaca shangri-la shangrila hoosegow cloak-room bog-house earth-closet washroom bath-room shot tower toilet room water closet rest room

26 狭隘

narrow narrow-minded jaundiced small-minded narrowly

27 小规模

small pocket miniature small-scale small-time brushfire in microcosm in little in miniature on a small scale in a small way cameo on a shoestring hippocket brush-fire pygmy smally smallness hip-pocket in small in the small

28 小型的

ma-and-pa mama-and-papa small baby pocket toy junior desktop cabinet compact mini dwarf miniature pony cameo diminutive midget space-saving bantamweight piccolo pocket-size pint-size half-pint jitney vest-pocket mom-and-pop hip-pocket

29 卑贱的

mean simple near yellow insignificant vulgar despicable craven woeful wormy low-lived

30 一点点的

imperceivable imperceptible

31 无聊的

wrong poor flat thin empty slight stupid blank boring silly dull vacant blah barren moonshine trifling prosaic humdrum pokey rigmarole poky draggy rubbishing rubbishy fiddle-faddle boresome slipslop

32 小型

ma-and-pa mama-and-papa small baby pocket toy junior desktop cabinet compact mini dwarf miniature pony cameo diminutive midget space-saving bantamweight piccolo pocket-size pint-size half-pint jitney vest-pocket mom-and-pop hip-pocket in the small

33 小气的

small cheap tight stingy mouldy illiberal parsimonious penny-pinching penurious niggardly tight-fisted mingy cheese-paring chintzy mean close near ungiving tight-arsed miserly

34 狭隘的

narrow parochial narrow-minded jaundiced small-minded

35 小的

little small light baby petite diminutive two-by-four dinky petit limited minor narrow slim marginal wee fiddling piddling poky -ette mini- long low pitiful inconsiderable diddy chota young junior tenuous scanty one-horse oligo- micro- soft mingy -let toytown naggish chick pony insignificant pint-size -ular chicken thumbnail slender venial sawed-off pocket-size shirttail jerkwater Podunk

36 器量小

pettily pettiness

37 气量狭小的

two-by-four

38 小额

doit groat teeny-weeny

39 无聊

wrong poor flat thin empty slight stupid blank boring silly dull vacant blah barren moonshine trifling prosaic humdrum pokey rigmarole poky draggy rubbishing rubbishy fiddle-faddle boresome slipslop disagreeably boredom nothingness monotony ennui vacuity

40 微不足道的

desipient pygmaean piss-ass light minute slight trivial negligible shabby paltry miniscule measly puny trifling dinky two-bit pelting nugatory pimping halfpenny piffling inappreciable little small mere silly nominal inconsequential pissy nickel-and-dime piddling poxy derisory no-account pettifogging

41 微不足道

desipient pygmaean piss-ass light minute slight trivial negligible shabby paltry miniscule measly puny trifling dinky two-bit pelting nugatory pimping halfpenny piffling inappreciable insignificancy trivialize

42 小气

small close cheap tight stingy mouldy illiberal parsimonious penny-pinching penurious niggardly tight-fisted mingy cheese-paring parsimony tight-arsed churlishly pettiness churlishness mean miserly chintzy

43 琐碎

potty unimportant frivolous piddling peddling picayune fussed pettifogging footling pettily pettiness trivial trifling fiddling niggling nugatory triviality banal inconsiderable piffling little fiddle-faddle trivialize twiddly light minute insignificant petit chintzy picayunish

44 下级

junior lower inferior subordinate low-level inferiority subordination below

45 心胸狭窄

small-minded blinkered small-bore meanspirited narrow-mindedness

46 轻微的

small soft slight mild low-grade venial certain minor vague passing light weak tender bare high-grade gracile

47 可鄙的

blithering picayune little small cheap poor SAD pathetic shabby wretched despicable unworthy slimy pitiful paltry abject scurvy contemptible pitiable

48 不足道的

twopenny-halfpenny poor vain worthless vile futile pygmy puny trifling valueless two-bit threepenny piddling waff two-by-four no-account simple slight superficial shitty fiddling small-time

49 轻的

small light piano airy ethereal

50 卑劣

base dirty lousy despicable abject snide snotty unmanly poorly low-lived mean small poor sorry insect nasty miserable reptile naughty vile beggar shabby lowering wretched unworthy scaly villainous sleazy reptilian scoundrel mean-spirited squalid mucky ornery scummy mangy wormy chintzy verminous currish snifty low miserably meanly squalidity villainy squalor meanness turpitude pettiness abjection poorness vilify snoep little chicken yellow foul villain filthy cowardly shoddy paltry soulless scurvy dastardly dishonorable contemptible ratty degrading scabby low-down ungenerous scabbed poltroon hilding baseborn meanspirited cowardy low-minded rascally

51 轻

small light piano airy ethereal levity

52 不足道

twopenny-halfpenny poor vain worthless vile futile pygmy puny trifling valueless two-bit threepenny piddling waff two-by-four insignificance no-account puniness