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petty

英 ['petɪ] 美['pɛti]

英英释义同义词辨析实用场景例句

adj. 琐碎的；小气的；小规模的
n. (Petty)人名；(英、法)佩蒂

实用场景例句

petty squabbles: 小口角

petty crime/theft (= that is not very serious): 轻微罪行 / 偷窃

a petty criminal/thief: 轻罪犯；小窃贼

a petty bureaucrat/official (= who does not have much power or authority, although they might pretend to): 小官僚；小官员

How could you be so petty?: 你怎么那么小气呢？

He was miserable all the time and rows would start over petty things.: 他总是愁眉苦脸的，常因小事发怒。

...endless rules and petty regulations...: 没完没了的规则和繁复琐碎的规定

He was petty-minded and obsessed with detail...: 他小肚鸡肠，满脑子都是鸡毛蒜皮的事儿。

I think that attitude is a bit petty.: 我觉得那种态度有点小题大做。

Wilson was not a man who dealt with petty officials.: 威尔逊不是个与小官小吏打交道的人。

...petty crime, such as handbag-snatching and minor break-ins.: 抢手提包和入室盗窃等轻罪

So we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life.: 于是我们干著琐碎的事情, 几乎意识不到我们对生活的倦怠态度.

We must investigate and clean up the petty graft which has appeared in some places.: 必须检查和纠正各地已经发生的贪污现象.

He was also petty, unreasonably querulous, and mean.: 他还是个气量狭窄, 无事生非, 平庸刻薄的人.

People do not discourage this kind of petty work.: 人们对这种次要的工作不加以阻止.

The removal of petty restrictions has made life easier.: 对一些琐碎规定的取消使生活更自在了.

He seems to take delight in petty cruelty.: 他好像喜欢说伤人的话.

The petty clerk was afraid of offending his boss.: 这个小职员不敢得罪他的老板.

My life is hedged around with petty regulations.: 我的生活受到种种清规戒律的限制.

A gentleman is open and poised; a petty man is unhappy and worried.: 君子坦荡荡, 小人长戚戚.

He got the sack for petty thieving.: 他因小偷小摸而被开除了.

The party split into petty factions.: 该党分裂成若干小派系.

The writer often obfuscates the real issues with petty details.: 那作家常以细枝末节来混淆实质问题.

It was petty of her not to accept the apology.: 她气量太小,连道歉也不接受.

No petty official was going to stop Philip from getting into the enclosure. He would just snap his fingers at them.: 没有哪位职位不高的官员敢阻止菲力普进入围栏, 他会对他们不屑一顾.