piddling

['pidliŋ]

adj.无用的,琐屑的

例句与用法：

It's annoying to have to get authorization for spending such piddling amounts of money.

花这么一点钱也要去请示,真烦人。

I don't want to hear all the piddling little details!

我不想听那些琐碎的事！

词形变化：

动词过去式: piddled | 动词过去分词: piddled | 动词现在分词: piddling | 动词第三人称单数: piddles |

a.

无用的; 微小的; 不重要的

piddling

词形变化：

动词过去式: piddled | 动词过去分词: piddled | 动词现在分词: piddling | 动词第三人称单数: piddles |

词义辨析：

同义参见:

mere¹

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1. (informal)pathetically trivial; trifling
   (非正式)不重要的；不足道的；微小的
   piddling little questions.
   无足轻重的小问题。
   

piddling

动词 piddle:

waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently

同义词：piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle

eliminate urine

同义词：make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water

形容词 piddling:

(informal) small and of little importance

同义词：fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial

piddling

■The 2006 New York art season turned out to be a piddling affair, thanks to its focus on hype, cash and new product.

2006年纽约艺术社区的季节变成了一场风波,由于它着眼于开足马力,现金及新产品。

■Maybe Mac OS X is harder to hack, or maybe the virus writers consider the Mac's 8 percent market share too piddling to bother with.

也许MacOSX比较难黑客，或者也许病毒作者认为Mac只有百分之八的市场份额没什么兴趣。

■But besides the meanderings of the Dow and S&P some market watchers have been eyeing volume numbers which have been pretty piddling lately.

但除了道琼斯指数和标准普尔指数的一波三折外，一些市场观察人士还在关注最近相当清淡的成交量数据。

■You can't think about piddling problems,you have to let them go.

你不能考虑小问题，你得把它们放开。

■You see, anyone who can shake the earth between San Francisco and Oakland can conquer a piddling little disease, can't they?

你看，任何人有本事摇动旧金山和奥克兰之间的陆地，当然有本事克服这点小病，是吧？

■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?

■In the vast arean of international commerce, the action will seem piddling,

在国际贸易的大竞技场上这件举动似乎是小事一桩，

■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 spent all day doing piddling little jobs.

我一整天尽干些鸡毛蒜皮的小事。

■I don't want to hear all the piddling little details!

我不想听那些琐碎的事！

■My dear friend, does not like me piddling away my time in the meaningless annoyance.

朋友，不要像我这样，在无谓的烦恼中蹉跎了时光。

■Only then will I feel it's right. To hell with that piddling propaganda job!

滚它的宣传科小干事吧，我要干这一行。

■It's annoying to have to get authorization for spending such piddling amounts of money.

花这么一点钱也要去请示,真烦人。

■It's annoying to have to get authorizationfor spending such piddling amounts of money.

花这麽一点钱也要去请示,真烦人。

■It was an effort, though a piddling one.

虽然微不足道，但这毕竟是一种努力。