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piddling

英 [ˈpɪdlɪŋ]

美 [ˈpɪdlɪŋ]

adj.  琐碎的; 鸡毛蒜皮的
v.  撒尿
piddle的现在分词

现在分词:piddling 

GRE

BNC.42982 / COCA.32291

牛津词典

    adj.

    • 琐碎的;鸡毛蒜皮的
      small and unimportant

      柯林斯词典

      • ADJ-GRADED 微不足道的;无关紧要的
        Piddlingmeans small or unimportant.
        1. ...arguing over piddling amounts of money.
          为一点小钱争吵

      英英释义

      adj

      • (informal) small and of little importance
        1. a fiddling sum of money
        2. a footling gesture
        3. our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
        4. a little (or small) matter
        5. a dispute over niggling details
        6. limited to petty enterprises
        7. piffling efforts
        8. giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction
        Synonym:fiddlingfootlinglilliputianlittlenigglingpifflingpettypicayunetrivial

      双语例句

      • Generally, Scarlett would not have cared whether she received at Melly's piddling parties or not.
        在通常情况下,思嘉并不在意是否在媚兰举办的家宴上参加接待客人。
      • Their proposals to deal with the situation are piddling in comparison with the problem.
        比起巨大的问题来,他们的解决建议不足道。
      • Exports were higher this year, though still piddling, at less than$ 1 billion.
        尽管数目不大,今年出口还是增加了,近10亿美元。
      • Why don't you get on with some work instead of piddling away the whole morning doing nothing?
        你难道不能找点事做做,而不是整个上午闲混过去吗?
      • It's annoying to have to get authorization for spending such piddling amounts of money.
        花这麽一点钱也要去请示,真烦人。
      • In a huge bull market they wind up with piddling profits, only to watch their former holdings soar.
        在巨大的上涨行情中,他们以小的利益抛售目前持有的飞涨的股票。
      • They gave me piddling little jobs to do.
        他们让我干一些琐碎的杂活儿。
      • I don't want to hear all the piddling little details!
        我不想听那些琐碎的事!