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picayune

英[ˌpɪkə'juːn] 美[ˌpɪkə'juːn]
  • adj. 微小的;心胸狭窄的
  • n. 西班牙铜币;五美分铜币;微不足道的事物
picayunish

详细释义

Adjective:
  1. (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

1. His action was unwarranted, picayune, and vindictive.
他的行为是非法的, 卑鄙的, 恶意的.

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