petty

adj.小的；琐碎的；次要的；狭隘的 副词：pettily比较级：pettier最高级：pettiest名词：pettiness

petty详解释义

petty双解释义

petty

adj.(形容词)

小的，小规模的，小型的

琐碎的，不重要的，次要的，不足道的

下级的，职位低的

气量小的，心胸狭窄的，小气的，器量小的，狭隘的

无聊的

渺小的

卑劣的，卑鄙的

注重琐事的

一点点

n.(名词)

佩蒂（音译名）

【簿记】小额

厕所

adj.(形容词)

不重要的 unimportant

卑鄙的；小气的 mean;narrow-minded

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"

petty例句

petty搭配

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***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。

～+名词

petty commodities
小商品

petty details
不重要的细节

petty remark
小气的话

petty近义词

trivial unimportant minor small base low inferior puny miserable wretched contemptible despicable mean paltry worthless picayune inconsequential insignificant narrow-minded spiteful grudging resentful malicious important vindictive trifling lower-ranking junior-grade footling subaltern fiddling niggling petty larceny lowly small-minded petit larceny little piddling secondary Lilliputian piffling great important