niggling是什么意思？

niggling

英[ˈnɪglɪŋ] 美[ˈnɪɡlɪŋ]

• adj. 不断烦扰的，（一件工作）费神的，难办的，繁琐的；
• v. 为小事操心，吹毛求疵( niggle的现在分词 )，不断地烦扰；

例句

• She still felt the same niggling doubt: was he really telling the truth? 她仍然无法消除萦绕心头的疑虑：他真的说实话了吗？
• It's been niggling at my mind ever since I met Neville in Nice... 自从在尼斯见到内维尔后，我一直忐忑不安。
• It's been niggling at my mind ever since I met Neville in Nice. 自从在尼斯见到内维尔后，我一直忐忑不安。
• The matter is too small to be worth niggling over. 小小不言的事,不必计较.
• She had niggling doubts about their relationship. 她时常对他们的关系有一丝疑虑。
• ...a niggling worry that the cheap car is also the one that will cause endless trouble. 对廉价轿车会麻烦不断的一丝担忧
• Both players have been suffering from niggling injuries. 两名运动员一直在忍受轻微的伤痛。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  麻烦的;琐碎的;细小的
  A niggling injury or worry is small but bothers you over a long period of time.
  例句
  Both players have been suffering from niggling injuries. 两名运动员一直在忍受轻微的伤痛。 ...a niggling worry that the cheap car is also the one that will cause endless trouble. 对廉价轿车会麻烦不断的一丝担忧

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  不断烦扰的
  She still felt the same niggling doubt: was he really telling the truth? 她仍然无法消除萦绕心头的疑虑：他真的说实话了吗？

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. (informal terms) 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""Mickey Mouse regulations""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"