petty是什么意思？

petty

英[ˈpeti] 美[ˈpɛti]

• adj. 不重要的，卑鄙的，小气的，小的，一点点，小规模的；
• n. [会]小额，佩蒂，厕所；

比较级：pettier;

最高级：pettiest;

名词：pettiness;

例句

• It was petty of her not to accept the apology. 她气量太小, 连道歉也不接受。
• 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。
• He got the sack for petty thiev-ing. 他因小偷小摸而被开除了。
• 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。
• a kingdom of the petty-bourgeois intelligentsia 小资产阶级知识分子的王国
• a petty functionary 小职员
• indicators of social disintegration such as divorce, suicide and petty theft 社会解体的标志，例如离婚、自杀和小偷小摸
• be censorious of petty failings 对细微的不足非常挑剔
• 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。
• The petty thief is shot by high - handed dead dreadful shock scene reality! 小偷被高压电击死的恐怖现场实拍!

同义词

• adj.
  petty的同义词之：卑贱的;平凡的
  low, miserable, despicable, base, mean, wretched, contemptible,
  petty的同义词之：琐碎的;不重要的
  trivial, minor, inferior, puny, unimportant, small,
• petty的同义词之：其他释义
  base, small, contemptible, inferior, important, unimportant, worthless, low, trivial, paltry, wretched, despicable, puny, miserable, mean, minor,

反义词

• adj.
  petty的反义词之：小的;琐碎的;下级的
  superior, important, significant, great,
• petty的反义词之：其他释义
  important, grand, great,

同义词解析

• 以下这两个形容词均包含 "琐细的，不重要的" 的意思
  petty：指在同类中是最小最微不足道的人或事物。
  trivial：指无特别价值或重要意义的普通小事。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  微不足道的；不重要的
  You can use petty to describe things such as problems, rules, or arguments which you think are unimportant or relate to unimportant things.
  例句
  He was miserable all the time and rows would start over petty things. 他总是愁眉苦脸的，常因小事发怒。 ...endless rules and petty regulations... 没完没了的规则和繁复琐碎的规定
• ADJ-GRADED
  小题大做的；过于关注琐事的
  If you describe someone's behaviour as petty, you mean that they care too much about small, unimportant things and perhaps that they are unnecessarily unkind.
  例句
  He was petty-minded and obsessed with detail... 他小肚鸡肠，满脑子都是鸡毛蒜皮的事儿。 I think that attitude is a bit petty. 我觉得那种态度有点小题大做。
• ADJ
  下级的；次要的；小规模的
  Petty is used of people or actions that are less important, serious, or great than others.
  例句
  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。 ...petty crime, such as handbag-snatching and minor break-ins. 抢手提包和入室盗窃等轻罪

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  不重要的
  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。
  卑鄙的; 小气的
  It was petty of her not to accept the apology. 她气量太小, 连道歉也不接受。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. inferior in rank or status;
  "the junior faculty""a lowly corporal""petty officialdom""a subordinate functionary"
  2. (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"
  3. contemptibly narrow in outlook;
  "petty little comments""disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"