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英['peti] 美['peti]

副词: pettily 比较级: pettier 最高级: pettiest 名词: pettiness

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adj. (形容词)

n. (名词)

adj. (形容词)

Noun:

larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)

Adjective:

inferior in rank or status;
"the junior faculty"
"a lowly corporal"
"petty officialdom"
"a subordinate functionary"
(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"
contemptibly narrow in outlook;
"petty little comments"
"disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

1. Petty crime is having a deleteri-ous effect on community life.: 轻微罪行正对社区生活产生有害影响。

3. Donaldson was a petty crook with a string of previous offences.: 唐纳森有一系列小的犯罪前科，但没犯过大事。

用作形容词 (adj.)

The party split into petty factions.
该党分裂成若干小派系。
The paymasters of these petty crooks are the big crime syndicates.
操纵这帮小流氓的就是那个大犯罪集团。
In his short life he had run the entire gamut of crime, from petty theft to murder.
他在短短的一生中,从小偷小摸到杀人,什么罪都犯过。
Don't bug me with petty details.
不要讲那些琐碎的细节来烦我。
People do not discourage this kind of petty work.
人们对这种次要的工作不加以阻止。
She grew tired of his petty jealousies.
她越来越讨厌他那种心胸狭窄的忌妒行为。
She is very petty at times.
她有时很小心眼。

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语 ～+ n.

用作表语 It is/was+～+of sb+to- v

petty，trivial: 这两个形容词均含“琐细的，不重要的”之意。

petty指在同类中是最小最微不足道的人或事物。

trivial指无特别价值或重要意义的普通小事。

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

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