petty的中文翻譯是什麼意思

petty

US/ˈpeti/

UK/ˈpeti/

adj. 不重要的; 卑鄙的，小氣的; 小的，一點點; 小規模的

petty的柯林斯釋義

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

petty的英文釋義

Adjective

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;