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. He wanted to be accused of larceny, because he left comfortable in prison. 他欲以盗窃罪被起诉,因监狱令他觉得舒适。
3. Don´t bother me with such petty things. 不要用这种小事情烦我。
4. 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。