pettiness

英

美

网络  小气; 琐碎; 不杂任何小气; 小心眼; 卑鄙

BNC.34040 / COCA.27547

英英释义

noun

• lack of generosity in trifling matters
  Synonym:littlenesssmallness
• the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
  Synonym:trivialityslightnesspuniness
• narrowness of mind or ideas or views

双语例句

• The Consideration of New Scholar Painting's Pettiness
  由新文人画的小巧引发的思考
• A little mind consumed with trivia; petty little comments; disgusted with the pettiness of small minds.
  耗费在琐事上的狭小气量；心胸狭隘、气量小的评论；厌恶气量狭小的狭隘。
• Well done America your pettiness has cost you big time.
  美国，你总在鸡毛蒜皮上浪费大量时间，干的好啊！
• It tends to emphasize the notion of human understanding, high-mindedness, detachment from life, absence of pettiness or triviality or vulgarity.
  这种观念注重人类的了解，崇高的意志，脱离俗尘的态度，以及琐碎、无聊、或下流的消灭。
• They're tired of the partisanship and the shouting and the pettiness.
  他们已经厌烦了党派分歧、叫喊和卑劣的争斗。
• Electronic products, characterized by "lightness, thinness, shortness and pettiness", make great demands upon the micro-miniature and the assemble intensity of the components and parts inside.
  电子产品的轻、薄、短、小化对元器件的微型化和组装密度提出了更高的要求。
• A life like this, found out in the pettiness and remoteness of living, is right the essence of tea ceremony.
  这种于生活最琐碎细微处发现的人生，才是茶道的本质所在。
• Even from you I hadn't expected such pettiness.
  即使是你，我也没有料到如此卑鄙。
• Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.
  让我们抵制住退回到以前的党派偏见、小气和不成熟的诱惑，它们长期以来毒害着政治。
• The pettiness of their criticisms enraged him.
  他们鸡毛蒜皮地挑剔，他十分气愤。