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用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语: ～+ n.

It was a petty problem and they soon solved it.
这仅是一个小问题，他们很快就解决了。

用作表语: It is/was+～+of sb+to- v

It was petty of her not to accept the apology.
她气量太小，连道歉也不接受。

更多例句

Petty crime is having a deleteri-ous effect on community life.
轻微罪行正对社区生活产生有害影响。
At 17, he had a criminal record for petty theft.
他17岁就有了小偷小摸的犯罪前科。
Donaldson was a petty crook with a string of previous offences.
唐纳森有一系列小的犯罪前科，但没犯过大事。
His administration was plagued by one petty scandal after another, cumulatively very damaging.
一桩又一桩的小丑闻困扰着他的政府，产生越来越坏的影响。
The meeting degenerated into petty squabbling.
会议变成了无聊的扯皮。
Their delegation threw a giant monkey wrench into the process this week by raising all sorts of petty objections.
他们的代表团本周提出了各种细枝末节的反对意见，极在地阻挠了进程。
Petty officers are the backbone of a navy.
军士是海军的骨干。
A team of officers is trawling through the records of thousands of petty thieves.
一组警员正在翻查数以千计的小偷小摸者的犯罪记录。
Big business will never let petty nationalism get in the way of a good deal.
大企业永远不会让狭隘的民族主义妨碍它们做大好的买卖。
At 17, he had a criminal record for petty theft.
他17岁就有了小偷小摸的犯罪前科。
Donaldson was a petty crook with a string of previous offences.
唐纳森有一系列小的犯罪前科，但没犯过大事。
Wilson was not a man who dealt with petty officials.
威尔逊不是个与小官小吏打交道的人。
Kenworthy had run him in on a petty charge.
肯沃西以一项微不足道的指控为由将他拘捕了。
To an outsider, the issues that we fight about would seem almost laughably petty.
对局外人来说，我们为之抗争的这些议题可能看上去无关痛痒，几近滑稽。
The removal of petty restrictions has made life easier.
对一些琐碎规定的取消使生活更自在了.
He seems to take delight in petty cruelty.
他好像喜欢说伤人的话.
My life is hedged around with petty regulations.
我的生活受到种种清规戒律的限制.
He got the sack for petty thieving.
他因小偷小摸而被开除了.
The writer often obfuscates the real issues with petty details.
那作家常以细枝末节来混淆实质问题.
It was petty of her not to accept the apology.
她气量太小,连道歉也不接受.
No petty official was going to stop Philip from getting into the enclosure. He would just snap his fingers at them.
没有哪位职位不高的官员敢阻止菲力普进入围栏, 他会对他们不屑一顾.
It was a petty problem and they soon solved it.
这仅是一个小问题,他们很快就解决了.
The petty clerk was afraid of offending his boss.
这个小职员不敢得罪他的老板.
A gentleman is open and poised; a petty man is unhappy and worried.
君子坦荡荡, 小人长戚戚.
The party split into petty factions.
该党分裂成若干小派系.
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.
People do not discourage this kind of petty work.
人们对这种次要的工作不加以阻止.
So we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life.
于是我们干著琐碎的事情, 几乎意识不到我们对生活的倦怠态度.
We must investigate and clean up the petty graft which has appeared in some places.
必须检查和纠正各地已经发生的贪污现象.
Donaldson was a petty crook with a string of previous offences.
唐纳森有一系列小的犯罪前科，但没犯过大事。
The conventional mind is at best a petty piece of machinery.
平凡的头脑最多只是一件微小的机器.
Our anger was like the anger of children, passing quickly from one petty grievance to another.
我们生气就象孩子生气一样, 从一件小小的不平之事很快过渡到另一件事上.
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.
We can't be consumed by our petty differences any more.
我们不能再为小小的分歧而内耗.
Tis less discredit to abridge petty charges, than to stoop to petty gettings.
节省一丝一毫金钱, 不会比为小小的收入而屈尊丢脸.
We hold grievances against others for supposed petty hurts and forget their magnificence.
我们因为小小的伤害别人怀恨在心,却忘记了他们的宽宏大量.
Never will I seek delivery of gold, love, good health, petty victories, fame, success, or happiness.
我不祈求有仆人为我送来食物,不求屋舍、金银财宝、爱情、健康、小的胜利、名誉、成功或者幸福.
Bicker: 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.
Poverty entails fear and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships.
贫困伴随着焦虑、压力, 有时甚至是沮丧, 那就意味着无数细小的羞辱和苦难.
Listen to sweet music, and your foolish fears and petty jealousies will pass away.
倾听悦耳的音乐, 那么你愚昧的恐惧感与小小的嫉妒心都会过去.
Your petty magics are no challenge to the might of the Scourge!
你那弱小的魔法无法挑战天灾的权威!
How can these petty thieves be so rampant?
这几个小小的毛贼居然如此猖狂.
I will not agree thatinat any rate , a glorious failure is better than a petty success.
我从不赞同那种“光荣的失败胜于渺小的成功”的说法.
The killers, in fact, laughed at petty school shooters.
其实, 杀人者嘲笑那些小规模的校园枪击犯.
The upper petty bourgeoisie referred to here are small industrialists and merchants employing workers or assistants.
这里所说的上层小资产阶级,是指雇佣工人或店员的小规模的工商业者.

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