petty
美音:
[´petı
]英音:
[´petı
]adj.小的,不重要的,小规模的,小型的,细微的,小器的,卑鄙的
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petty为六级词汇
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名词:pettiness 副词:pettily 形容词比较级:pettier 最高级:pettiest
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petty
/'petɪ; `pɛtɪ/ adj (-ier, -iest) (derog 贬)
1 small or trivial; unimportant 小的; 琐碎的; 不重要的
*petty details, petty queries, regulations, troubles 细节、小问题、琐碎的规章、小麻烦.
2 (a) concerned with small and unimportant matters 注重琐事的
*petty observance of the regulations 遵守规章制度上的细节.
(b) having or showing a small mind; mean 狭隘的; 器量小的; 小气的
*petty and childish behaviour 小心眼和孩子气的行为
* petty spite 心胸狭窄的怨恨
* a petty desire to have her revenge 她想要报复的狭隘念头
* petty about money 金钱上很小气.
petty
adj[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;Origin: peti
'small']
a petty problem, detail etc is small and unimportant
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trivial petty squabbles petty restrictionsunkind and caring too much about small unimportant things
How can she be so petty? petty jealousy and spitefulnesspetty crimea crime that is not serious, for example stealing things that are not very valuable
petty criminal/thief etca criminal whose crimes are not very serious
a petty official is not important - used especially when they use their power as if they were important
Some petty bureaucrat wanted all the documents in triplicate.>pettinessn[U] the pettiness of Hollywood
1. The writer often obfuscates the real issues with petty details. 那作家常以细枝末节来混淆实质问题.
2. Don´t bother me with such petty things. 不要用这种小事情烦我。
3. And so she let herself be married to a petty clerk in the Ministry of Education. 于是她不得不降身以求,嫁给了教育部的一个小职员。
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