piffling
英 [ˈpɪflɪŋ]
美 [ˈpɪflɪŋ]
adj. 渺小的; 微不足道的
现在分词:piffling
牛津词典
adj.
- 渺小的;微不足道的
small and unimportant- piffling amounts
微不足道的数量
- piffling amounts
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 琐碎的;微不足道的
If you describe something aspiffling, you are critical of it because it is very small or unimportant.- ...some piffling dispute regarding visiting rights.
有关探视权的一些无关紧要的争论
- ...some piffling dispute regarding visiting rights.
英英释义
adj
- (informal) 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
- 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
双语例句
- He considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost; piffling efforts; a trifling matter.
他总是考虑生活中一些极琐碎事情的开支;微不足道的努力;琐碎的事情。 - Yet what it says about Royal Mail, apart from the piffling detail that its managers can neither write nor proofread, is deeply troubling.
然而,它除了暴露出经理们既不会写信、也不会检查错字这一琐碎细节以外,它对皇家邮政的揭示也令人深感不安。 - Einstein was said always to wear the same clothes so as to avoid having to trouble his brain with such piffling matters as deciding between suits.
据说,爱因斯坦总是穿着同样的衣服,这样就用不着为穿什么衣服这种琐事而伤脑筋。 - His demands for a tad more financial autonomy and oversight of the courts are piffling.
他的要求(要求更多一点的金融自治权和对法庭的监督权)微不足道。 - He got paid a piffling sum after weeks of work.
他工作数周所得甚微。