pettiness
琐碎
常用释义
英音[ ˈpetinəs ]
美音[ ˈpetinəs ]
基本释义
- n. 琐碎;卑鄙;小气;微小
例句
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1·Never had she met such spite and pettiness.她以前从来没有碰到过这样的恶意和狭隘。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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2·But he must get around such pettiness.但他必须处理好这些琐碎杂事。
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3·Of art, and all its webs of pettiness.和艺术的如网的繁琐。
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4·Do I know my pettiness without comparison?没有比较我会知道自己的琐碎吗?
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5·The pettiness of their criticisms enraged him.他们鸡毛蒜皮地挑剔,他十分气愤。
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6·We tend to equate jealousy with pettiness and selfishness.我们倾向于把嫉妒与卑鄙、自私相等同。
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7·Whet to match to the hard separation in the pettiness.在琐碎中磨合到难以分离。
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8·There's nothing I despise more in life than pettiness.生命中我最鄙视的就是输不起了。
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9·Such pettiness and greatness are rarely found in one person…如此的委琐和卑鄙与伟大极少能够集于一人之身…
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10·For now she knew the pettiness of the passions that art exaggerates.到现在,她知道了艺术所夸张出的情感的精微之处。
同根词
词根:
petty
petty
adj
琐碎的;小气的;小规模的
pettifogging
adj
骗人的;琐碎的,无用的;诡辩的
pettily
adv
卑鄙地;小气地;琐碎地;小型地
pettifogging
n
诡辩,欺骗
pettifogging
v
欺诈;诡辩(pettifog的ing形式)