petty
adjective
disapprovinguk/ˈpet.i/us/ˈpet̬.i/C2[before noun]
notimportantand notworthgivingattentionto:
琐碎的;无足轻重的Prisonerscomplainthat they aresubjectedto too many pettyrulesandrestrictions.犯人们抱怨他们受到太多条条框框的管制。
[after noun]
complainingtoo much about things that are notimportant:
过于注重琐事的;小心眼的,心胸狭窄的Don't be so petty!别这么小心眼!
Of little or less importance
- be in/undersomeone'sshadowidiom
- be neither here nor thereidiom
- be no big dealidiom
- biggie
- derisory
- lowly
- meaningless
- meaninglessly
- meaninglessness
- mere
- merely
- peripheral
- piddling
- piffling
- play second fiddleidiom
- poxy
- rinky-dink
- subordinate
- trifling
- valueless
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