piddling

1 And their encounters with police — over piddling, nonviolent offenses — ended in their deaths.

2 Yet on a comparative basis, they are piddling.

3 But millions of additional claims are still expected to stream in from around the country over the next month, while hiring remains piddling.

4 Millions of additional claims are expected to stream in from around the country over the coming weeks, while hiring remains piddling.

5 But when I try to interest her in my own piddling she looks at me with disdain and says she does not have time to waste.

6 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。

7 I couldn't believe it when the numbers came in and my dad got a piddling 365 votes and the Tory got more.

8 That is, art prices can crash only as one piddling consequence of a planetary catastrophe.

9 Art, luckily, mattered more than the piddling strictures of the law, and Muybridge was acquitted.

10 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。

11 Only then will I feel it's right . To hell with that piddling propaganda job!

滚它的宣传科小干事吧,我要干这一行.

12 Of those, only four rather piddling victories went the liberals’ way.

13 That will make the current economic uncertainty look piddling.

14 raised one final, piddling objection to the plan

15 The movie’s piddling, perfunctory ending — its only major weakness — lets Jenny off the hook after another lapse.

16 It has some work to do on packaging, but that’s a piddling task in light of what it has just accomplished.

17 To spackle a hole in plain sight would be necessary and therefore illegal under piddling guidelines.

18 It was an effort, though a piddling one.

虽然微不足道,但这毕竟是一种努力.

19 And if a piddling portion of materials are covered by attorney-client privilege, there’s no need to halt the investigation as a whole to identify them.

20 I heard one such woman talking on Radio 4’s Today programme in a four-minute slot that was allotted to the piddling issue of women’s bits.

1 鸡毛蒜皮的

poxy

2 琐碎的

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3 细小

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4 微不足道的

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5 微小

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6 微不足道

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7 不重要的

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8 无价值

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9 小

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10 琐碎

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11 微小的

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12 不重要

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13 不足道的

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14 不足道

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15 细小的

minute thin exiguous pimping small evanescent gracile scrannel

16 小的

little small limited minor narrow slim marginal petty wee fiddling poky -ette mini-

17 无价值的

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