piffling
英['pɪflɪŋ]
美['pɪflɪŋ]
- adj. 琐碎的；不足道的
- 动词piffle的现在分词形式.
详细释义
- 微不足道的
- 琐碎的
- 无聊的
- 渺小的
- 动词piffle的现在分词形式
adj. (形容词)
英英释义
Adjective:
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(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. The properties of Washington, DC, are valued at a piffling $232 billion.
- 而华盛顿特区的地产仅价值2320亿美元。
youdao
- 2. This Can be accomplished by lifting the hindquarter with the tail, piffling the foreleg, and applying a pumping motion with a foot in the flank.
- 抓起牛尾巴以抬高它的后部，拉起前腿，用脚踩住牛的侧腹做打气的动作。
youdao
- 3. Conservative MPs who distrust the eu-ie, most of them-seem glumly certain that the referendum lock is a piffling idea, a gimmick that will do little to defend British interests.
- 国会中不信任欧盟的议员(绝大多数)愠怒地认为“公投锁”不过是个小把戏，耍个噱头而已，根本不能捍卫英国利益。
youdao
- 4. That now seems probable, despite Mr Brown’s initial, indefensible preference for a closed version: with Mr Bush departed and Saddam dead, the case for privacy was always piffling.
- 这样的公开调查现在看来很可能要进行了，尽管布朗开始倾向于不公开调查：随着布什卸任和萨拉姆被绞死，隐私这一因素变得微不足道了。
youdao
- 5. He found those with a lower base level of the hormone tended to prefer immediate payment, even when the sum in question was piffling compared with the promised future compensation.
- 他发现那些具有更低水平糖皮质激素的人倾向于选择即时报酬，即使即时报酬数目和未来承诺的补偿相比微不足道，结果也是这样。
youdao
- 6. He found those with a lower base level of the hormone tended to prefer immediate payment, even when the sum in question was piffling compared with the promised future compensation.
- 他发现那些具有更低水平糖皮质激素的人倾向于选择即时报酬，即使即时报酬数目和未来承诺的补偿相比微不足道，结果也是这样。
youdao
- He got paid a piffling sum after weeks of work.
他工作数周所得甚微。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用法讲解
- piffle 做无聊事
相关词汇
- trivial 不重要的
- petty 小的
- trifling 微不足道的
- unimportant 不重要的
- insignificant 无关紧要的
- minor 轻微的
- small 小的
- paltry 微不足道的
- picayune 微小的
- footling 不熟练的
- fiddling 无足轻重的
- little 小的
- niggling 琐碎的
- piddling 无用的
- Lilliputian 极小的
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