trifle
n. 瑣事; 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...
作為攝影師,他感到兩處景點都有點兒不盡如人意。
'There we go,' said Diane, a trifle too cheerily…
“這就對了,”黛安娜說道,語氣有點兒過於興高采烈。
A trifle is something that is considered to have little importance, value, or significance.
He had no money to spare on trifles...
他沒有閒錢買些小玩意兒。
Believe me, it's the least I can do, a mere trifle.
相信我,這是我最起碼能做的了,只是小事一樁。
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
有點兒,稍微
Kemp's face grew a trifle hard.
開普的臉上露出不以為然的神氣.
I don't want to make a fuss over such a trifle.
我不想為這種小事大驚小怪.
Given the rivals'history of war and slaughter, that is no trifle.
鑑於雙方的往日的戰爭和屠殺, 這已經不算是個小的進步了.
It's senseless to get angry over such a trifle.
不值得為這點小事惹氣.
The wine has made him a trifle tipsy.
這酒喝得他有點醉意了.