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。