piddling
英 [ˈpɪdlɪŋ]
美 [ˈpɪdlɪŋ]
adj. 琐碎的; 鸡毛蒜皮的
v. 撒尿
piddle的现在分词
现在分词:piddling
GRE
BNC.42982 / COCA.32291
牛津词典
adj.
- 琐碎的;鸡毛蒜皮的
small and unimportant
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 微不足道的;无关紧要的
Piddling means small or unimportant.
- ...arguing over piddling amounts of money.
为一点小钱争吵
双语例句
- Why don't you get on with some work instead of piddling away the whole morning doing nothing?
你难道不能找点事做做,而不是整个上午闲混过去吗?
- Exports were higher this year, though still piddling, at less than$ 1 billion.
尽管数目不大,今年出口还是增加了,近10亿美元。
- It's annoying to have to get authorization for spending such piddling amounts of money.
花这麽一点钱也要去请示,真烦人。
- In a huge bull market they wind up with piddling profits, only to watch their former holdings soar.
在巨大的上涨行情中,他们以小的利益抛售目前持有的飞涨的股票。
- They gave me piddling little jobs to do.
他们让我干一些琐碎的杂活儿。
- Their proposals to deal with the situation are piddling in comparison with the problem.
比起巨大的问题来,他们的解决建议不足道。
- Generally, Scarlett would not have cared whether she received at Melly's piddling parties or not.
在通常情况下,思嘉并不在意是否在媚兰举办的家宴上参加接待客人。
- I don't want to hear all the piddling little details!
我不想听那些琐碎的事!
英英释义
adj
- (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
Synonym: fiddlingfootlinglilliputianlittlenigglingpifflingpettypicayunetrivial