petty

[US]/ˈpeti/
[UK]/ˈpeti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj.小規模的;
小氣的;
瑣碎的
Word Forms
比較級pettier
複數pettys
最高級pettiest

Phrases & Collocations

petty behavior

瑣碎行爲

petty argument

無謂爭吵

petty issues

瑣碎問題

petty bourgeoisie

n. 小資產階級(等於petite bourgeoisie)

petty cash

零用現金;小額備用金

petty bourgeois

小資產階級分子

petty officer

海軍士官,海軍軍士

Example Sentences

a maze of petty regulations.

亂七八糟的瑣細規則。

a petty faction of people

小團體的人。

Such petty behavior is below me.

如此卑劣的行爲有失我的身份

a kingdom of the petty-bourgeois intelligentsia

小資產階級知識分子的王國

you are hidebound by your petty laws.

你讓你那些條條框框捆住了手腳。

the petty divisions of party politics.

政黨政治中的小分歧。

he was titularly a chief petty officer.

名義上他是個海軍軍士長。

a petty contracted idea

小氣而偏狹的觀念

1.Mavis is a petty featherhead.

梅薇思是個漂亮但很輕率的女人。

censorious of petty failings;

愛挑剔小缺點的;

I am above petty intrigue.

我不屑於耍心機

It was petty of her not to accept the apology.

她氣量太小, 連道歉也不接受。

be censorious of petty failings

對細微的不足非常挑剔

he bedevilled them with petty practical jokes.

他搞一些小小的惡作劇捉弄他們。

The meeting evolved into a grab bag of petty complaints.

會議成了抱怨的場所

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