基本释义
- adj.
- 不重要的; 卑鄙的，小气的; 小的，一点点; 小规模的
实用例句
petty squabbles
小口角
牛津词典
petty crime/theft (= that is not very serious)
轻微罪行 / 偷窃
牛津词典
a petty criminal/thief
轻罪犯；小窃贼
牛津词典
a petty bureaucrat/official (= who does not have much power or authority, although they might pretend to)
小官僚；小官员
牛津词典
How could you be so petty?
你怎么那么小气呢？
牛津词典
He was miserable all the time and rows would start over petty things.
他总是愁眉苦脸的，常因小事发怒。
...endless rules and petty regulations...
没完没了的规则和繁复琐碎的规定
He was petty-minded and obsessed with detail...
他小肚鸡肠，满脑子都是鸡毛蒜皮的事儿。
I think that attitude is a bit petty.
我觉得那种态度有点小题大做。
Wilson was not a man who dealt with petty officials.
威尔逊不是个与小官小吏打交道的人。
...petty crime, such as handbag-snatching and minor break-ins.
抢手提包和入室盗窃等轻罪
So we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life.
于是我们干著琐碎的事情, 几乎意识不到我们对生活的倦怠态度.
期刊摘选
We must investigate and clean up the petty graft which has appeared in some places.
必须检查和纠正各地已经发生的贪污现象.
期刊摘选
He was also petty, unreasonably querulous, and mean.
他还是个气量狭窄, 无事生非, 平庸刻薄的人.
辞典例句
People do not discourage this kind of petty work.
人们对这种次要的工作不加以阻止.
辞典例句
The removal of petty restrictions has made life easier.
对一些琐碎规定的取消使生活更自在了.
《简明英汉词典》
He seems to take delight in petty cruelty.
他好像喜欢说伤人的话.
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The petty clerk was afraid of offending his boss.
这个小职员不敢得罪他的老板.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
My life is hedged around with petty regulations.
我的生活受到种种清规戒律的限制.
《简明英汉词典》
A gentleman is open and poised; a petty man is unhappy and worried.
君子坦荡荡, 小人长戚戚.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
He got the sack for petty thieving.
他因小偷小摸而被开除了.
《简明英汉词典》
The party split into petty factions.
该党分裂成若干小派系.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
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.
《简明英汉词典》
It was petty of her not to accept the apology.
她气量太小,连道歉也不接受.
《简明英汉词典》
No petty official was going to stop Philip from getting into the enclosure. He would just snap his fingers at them.
没有哪位职位不高的官员敢阻止菲力普进入围栏, 他会对他们不屑一顾.
《简明英汉词典》
英英释义
1. inferior in rank or status;
"the junior faculty"
"a lowly corporal"
"petty officialdom"
"a subordinate functionary"
2. (informal terms) small and of little importance;
"a fiddling sum of money"
"a footling gesture"
"our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"
"a little (or small) matter"
"Mickey Mouse regulations"
"a dispute over niggling details"
"limited to petty enterprises"
"piffling efforts"
"giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
3. contemptibly narrow in outlook;
"petty little comments"
"disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"