trifle
n. 琐事; 少量; 蛋糕
You can use a trifle to mean slightly or to a small extent, especially in order make something you say seem less extreme.
As a photographer, he'd found both locations just a trifle disappointing...
作为摄影师,他感到两处景点都有点儿不尽如人意。
'There we go,' said Diane, a trifle too cheerily…
“这就对了,”黛安娜说道,语气有点儿过于兴高采烈。
A trifle is something that is considered to have little importance, value, or significance.
He had no money to spare on trifles...
他没有闲钱买些小玩意儿。
Believe me, it's the least I can do, a mere trifle.
相信我,这是我最起码能做的了,只是小事一桩。
Trifle is a cold dessert made of layers of sponge cake, jelly, fruit, and custard, and usually covered with cream.
1. jam-spread sponge cake soaked in wine served with custard sauce
2. a detail that is considered insignificant
3. something of small importance
1. waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
2. act frivolously
3. consider not very seriously;
a trifle
有点儿,稍微
Kemp's face grew a trifle hard.
开普的脸上露出不以为然的神气.
I don't want to make a fuss over such a trifle.
我不想为这种小事大惊小怪.
Given the rivals'history of war and slaughter, that is no trifle.
鉴于双方的往日的战争和屠杀, 这已经不算是个小的进步了.
It's senseless to get angry over such a trifle.
不值得为这点小事惹气.
The wine has made him a trifle tipsy.
这酒喝得他有点醉意了.