pettiness的中文翻譯是什麼意思

pettiness

US/'petɪnəs/
UK/'petɪnəs/

n. 瑣碎,小氣,卑鄙

pettiness柯林斯釋義

ADJ-GRADED微不足道的;不重要的

You can use petty to describe things such as problems, rules, or arguments which you think are unimportant or relate to unimportant things.

  • He was miserable all the time and rows would start over petty things.

    他總是愁眉苦臉的,常因小事發怒。

  • ...endless rules and petty regulations...

    沒完沒了的規則和繁複瑣碎的規定

ADJ-GRADED小題大做的;過於關注瑣事的

If you describe someone's behaviour as petty, you mean that they care too much about small, unimportant things and perhaps that they are unnecessarily unkind.

  • 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.

    我覺得那種態度有點小題大做。

ADJ下級的;次要的;小規模的

Petty is used of people or actions that are less important, serious, or great than others.

  • Wilson was not a man who dealt with petty officials.

    威爾遜不是個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

pettiness英文釋義

Noun

1. narrowness of mind or ideas or views

    2. the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous

      3. lack of generosity in trifling matters

        pettiness場景例句

        Never had she met such spite and pettiness.

        她從未見過這樣的怨恨和偏狹。

        Pettiness was incompatible not only with their personalities, but with their presences.

        謹小慎微不但同他們的個性, 而且跟他們的儀表都是不相容的.

        The pettiness of their criticisms enraged him.

        他們雞毛蒜皮地挑剔,他十分氣憤.

        Tom is a nice person, except for his pettiness.

        湯姆這人什麼都好,就是有點小裡小氣的.

        We see him whole, and our vision is unobstructed by the pettiness in life.

        我們看到了完整的他, 生活的瑣屑阻礙不了我們的想望.

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        pettiness詞性變形

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