petty squabbles
小口角
牛津詞典
petty crime/theft (= that is not very serious)
輕微罪行 / 偷竊
牛津詞典
a petty criminal/thief
輕罪犯；小竊賊
牛津詞典
a petty bureaucrat/official (= who does not have much power or authority, although they might pretend to)
小官僚；小官員
牛津詞典
How could you be so petty?
你怎么那么小氣呢？
牛津詞典
He was miserable all the time and rows would start over petty things.
他總是愁眉苦臉的，常因小事發(fā)怒。
...endless rules and petty regulations...
沒(méi)完沒(méi)了的規(guī)則和繁復(fù)瑣碎的規(guī)定
He was petty-minded and obsessed with detail...
他小肚雞腸，滿腦子都是雞毛蒜皮的事兒。
I think that attitude is a bit petty.
我覺(jué)得那種態(tài)度有點(diǎn)小題大做。
Wilson was not a man who dealt with petty officials.
威爾遜不是個(gè)與小官小吏打交道的人。
...petty crime, such as handbag-snatching and minor break-ins.
搶手提包和入室盜竊等輕罪
So we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life.
于是我們干著瑣碎的事情, 幾乎意識(shí)不到我們對(duì)生活的倦怠態(tài)度.
期刊摘選
We must investigate and clean up the petty graft which has appeared in some places.
必須檢查和糾正各地已經(jīng)發(fā)生的貪污現(xiàn)象.
期刊摘選
He was also petty, unreasonably querulous, and mean.
他還是個(gè)氣量狹窄, 無(wú)事生非, 平庸刻薄的人.
辭典例句
People do not discourage this kind of petty work.
人們對(duì)這種次要的工作不加以阻止.
辭典例句
The removal of petty restrictions has made life easier.
對(duì)一些瑣碎規(guī)定的取消使生活更自在了.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
He seems to take delight in petty cruelty.
他好像喜歡說(shuō)傷人的話.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
The petty clerk was afraid of offending his boss.
這個(gè)小職員不敢得罪他的老板.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
My life is hedged around with petty regulations.
我的生活受到種種清規(guī)戒律的限制.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
A gentleman is open and poised; a petty man is unhappy and worried.
君子坦蕩蕩, 小人長(zhǎng)戚戚.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
He got the sack for petty thieving.
他因小偷小摸而被開(kāi)除了.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
The party split into petty factions.
該黨分裂成若干小派系.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
The writer often obfuscates the real issues with petty details.
那作家常以細(xì)枝末節(jié)來(lái)混淆實(shí)質(zhì)問(wèn)題.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
It was petty of her not to accept the apology.
她氣量太小,連道歉也不接受.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
No petty official was going to stop Philip from getting into the enclosure. He would just snap his fingers at them.
沒(méi)有哪位職位不高的官員敢阻止菲力普進(jìn)入圍欄, 他會(huì)對(duì)他們不屑一顧.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
"the junior faculty"
"a lowly corporal"
"petty officialdom"
"a subordinate functionary"
"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"
"petty little comments"
"disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"
