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footling

美 [ˈfuːtlɪŋ]英 [ˈfuːtlɪŋ]
  • adj.无足轻重的;无聊(而烦人)的
  • v.“footle”的现在分词
footlingfootling

adj.

old-fashioned informal无足轻重的;无聊(而烦人)的
not important and likely to make you annoyed

adj

1
(informal) 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
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
Synonym: fiddling lilliputian little niggling piddling piffling petty picayune trivial

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  1. When I started in my new job , I was given a lot of footling tasks to do .

    我刚开始在新岗位上工作时,他们让我做许多无足轻重的事情。

  2. Congress 's response to recent bribery scandals has been to impose footling restrictions on lobbyists .

    国会对于近期行贿丑闻的回应是给说客强加了琐细的限制条款。