petty
['peti]
adj.小的, 琐碎的, 次要的, 狭隘的
例句与用法:
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。
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。
I hate being fettered by petty rules and regulations.
我讨厌受清规戒律的束缚。
She had been pilfering from the petty cash for months.
她多月来一直从零用现金中偷钱。
My life is hedged about with petty regulations.
我的生活受到一些琐细的条条框框的限制。
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,从小偷小摸到杀人,什么罪都犯过。
The party split into petty factions.
该党分裂成若干小派系。
She is very petty at times.
她有时很小心眼。
词形变化:
副词: pettily | 形容词比较级: pettier | 形容词最高级: pettiest | 名词: pettiness |
a.
1. 小的, 琐碎的; 不重要的
petty cash
小额现金
Don't bother me with such petty things.
不要用这种小事情烦我。
2. 小规模的, 小型的[Z]
He was arrested for petty theft.
他因小偷小摸被捕。
3. 气量小的, 心胸狭窄的
A gossip has a petty mind.
长舌妇往往心胸狭窄。
4. 下级的, 职位低的[Z]
petty officer
(海军)士官; 下士
Authority was distributed among hundreds of petty leaders.
职权由数百名小头头分掌。
petty
形容词比较级:pettier
形容词最高级:pettiest
词形变化:
副词: pettily | 形容词比较级: pettier | 形容词最高级: pettiest | 名词: pettiness |
同义词:
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 |
反义词:
词义辨析:
同义:
a.琐碎的; 不重要的
unimportant
small
trivial
puny
minor
inferior
a.卑贱的; 平凡的
mean
base
low
miserable
wretched
despicable
contemptible
同义参见:
worthless
mean1
paltry
反义:
a.小的; 琐碎的; 下级的
great
important
significant
superior
反义参见:
grand
grave2
petty['peti]adj.1.■次要的;价值不大的2.■小的;小规模的;一点点的3.■渺小的;微不足道的;器量小的;卑劣的4.■地位低下的;下级的5.■无聊的;琐碎的近义词trivialtriflingpaltrypicayune反义词importantsignificant变形adj.pettierpettiest
pettypetty[ˈpeti]adj.1.■小的, 渺小的, 小规模的2.■次要的, 微不足道的3.■器量小的, 偏狭的4.■地位低下的, 下级的, 卑鄙的petty bourgeois小资产阶级分子; 小资产阶级petty proprietor小业主petty official小官吏petty minds小心眼儿petty spite卑下的恶意
继承用法pettily[ˈpetɪlɪ]adv.
词性变化pettiness[ˈpetɪnɪs]n.
(pettier, pettiest)
- of little importance; trivial
不重要的;琐碎的;小的
the petty divisions of party politics.
政党政治中的小分歧。
■(of behaviour) characterized by an undue concern for trivial matters, especially in a small-minded or spiteful way
(行为)小气的;卑劣的
she thought readers were being petty in writing to complain about blocked paths.
他总爱对朋友和家人进行卑劣报复。 - [attrib.]of secondary or lesser importance, rank, or scale; minor
次要的;职位低的,下级的;细微的
a petty official.
小官吏。
■(Law)(of a crime) of lesser importance
(律)(罪行)轻微的,次要的。 比较 grand
petty theft.
小偷小摸。
pettily
adverb
pettiness
noun
语源
- late Middle English (in the sense 'small in size'): from a phonetic spelling of the pronunciation of French petit 'small'. Compare with petit
petty
名词 petty:
larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
同义词:petit larceny, petty larceny
形容词 petty:
inferior in rank or status
同义词:junior-grade, inferior, lower-ranking, lowly, secondary, subaltern, subordinate
(informal) small and of little importance
同义词:fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, picayune, trivial
contemptibly narrow in outlook
同义词:small-minded
petty
■Prepare payment request to Replenish petty cash fund.
準备付款请款单以补充小额现金的资金。
■Petty criminals in the eighteenth century got the rough end of the stick when they were transported to Australia for what we would now regard as minor offences.
18世纪的轻罪犯们受到了不公正的待遇,那时他们因我们现在认为的小过错而被流放到澳大利亚。
■"How very petty!" exclaimed Dorothea, indignantly.
“这太卑鄙了
■Creeps in this petty pace from day to day.
一天接着一天地蹑步前进
■A U.S. Navy petty officer who is an assistant to a warrant officer.
下士美国海军作四级准尉助手的小官
■Don't sweat the petty things and do not pet the sweaty things.
不要对琐碎事情浪费时间,也不要过于看中花精力的事。
■Do not bother me with such petty things.
不要用这种小事情烦我。
■Don't bug me with petty details.
不要讲那些琐碎的细节来烦我。
■When you refuse to fight petty people, you win.
东方武术教会我们,有人向你进攻时,你应该退避而不是阻挡。
■The petty bourgeoisie is also demanding resistance.
中国的小资产阶级也是要反抗的。
■Why should I permit the petty happenings of today to disturb me?
为什么我要现在发生的微不足道的琐事烦扰我
■People do not discourage this kind of petty work.
人们对这种次要的工作不加以阻止。
■His petty mind was shown by his common behaviors.
从他的日常行为可以看出他是一个小气的人。
■He had to overrule his petty officials to accept him.
他不得不压制他的下属接受他的观点。
■It is petty of him not to accept the apology.
他不接受道歉,气量太小了。
■He got into the wrong crowd of boys and ended up a petty criminal.
他与一帮坏孩子交往,因而成为一个小罪犯。
■He got into the wrong crowd of boys and ended up a petty criminal .
他与一帮坏孩子交往,因而成为一个小罪犯。
■Which part of the petty bourgeoisie do they chiefly represent?
他们主要代表小资产阶级范畴里哪一部分人呢?
■They were vocal about the petty individual wrongs they suffered.
他们对于自己个人所受的冤枉是有一说一。
■They take him and make him an example for other petty kings.
他们拿他给那些小王来个惩一以儆百。
■Their lives seemed to me so petty, so slavish.
他们的生活在我看来是那样卑微,那么俗气。
■He got in with the wrong crowd of boys and ended up a petty criminal.
他和一帮坏孩子来往,因而成了一名小罪犯。
■He got the sack for petty thieving.
他因微小窃盗遭到了解雇。
■He was doing time for a petty crime.
他因轻度犯罪而在接受劳改。
■Seacrest needs to grow up and stop being so petty or let go.
他太不专业了,让这个秀看上去很卑鄙。
■He seems to take delight in petty cruelty.
他好像喜欢说伤人的话。
■He always likes to squabble with others about petty matters.
他总爱为些小事而和他人争吵。
■He became a chief petty officer specializing in radar.
他成为一个专攻雷达的下士。
■He has dropped some of the petty restrictions that irritate Cubans.
他抛弃了那些激怒古巴人民的小的限制。
■He resented bitterly the authority of the petty officers.
他讨厌那些趾高气昂的小军官。
■He says he is petty bourgeois but actually he is bourgeois.
他说他是小资产阶级,其实他是资产阶级。
■He was also petty, unreasonably querulous, and mean.
他还是个气量狭窄,无事生非,平庸刻薄的人。
■What a silly, petty, childish idea, Isabel!
伊莎贝尔,这是个多么愚蠢的,小气的,孩子气的想法啊!
■The meeting evolved into a grab bag of petty complaints.
会议成了抱怨的场所
■You must get rid of the bad habit of petty theft.
你一定要改掉偷摸的恶习。
■You must not bother the headmaster with such a petty matter.
你不可用这样的区区小事去打扰校长。
■Your petty magics are no challenge to the might of the Scourge!
你们可笑的魔法对天灾军团来说不值一提!
■Your petty request has been dealt with.
你的小小要求已经解决了。
■Petty went to the seashore to spend her summer vacation and so did her sister.
佩蒂到海滨度暑假去了,她的妹妹也去了。
■Petty, do you ever feel overworked?
佩蒂,你是否有工作过度过?
■To annoy, as with petty importunities; bother.
使麻烦,使焦急因为小事而烦恼;使恼火
■A petty braggart who pretends to be rich and important.
假阔佬一个装作富有和重要的猥亵的吹牛者
■A malicious or petty person.
刻薄鬼,吝啬鬼
■So mean, petty, or paltry as to deserve contempt.
卑鄙的下贱的、微不足道的或没有价值以至应该轻蔑的
■So mean, petty, or paltryas to deserve contempt.
卑鄙的下贱的、微不足道的或没有价值以至应该轻蔑的。
■To engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel; squabble.
发生口角:因坏脾气引起的小的争吵;为琐事争吵。
■To engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel;squabble.
发生口角:因坏脾气引起的小的争吵;
■A petty quarrel; a squabble.
口角;争吵
■But these petty unfair tricks would avail them nothing.
可是这些小小的鬼蜮伎俩救不了他们的命。
■Smith must needs wade in and delay the business with petty objections.
史密斯总是要来插手,用一些无关紧要的反对意见来耽误事情。