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picayune

picayune

adj

(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 footling lilliputian little niggling piddling piffling petty trivial

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1

The misery suffered in this war makes your own problems seem pretty picayune .

战争中的苦难使你个人的烦恼显得微不足道。
2

Picayune demands that all but confounded the peace talks .

这些琐碎的要求只会使和平谈判受挫。
3

The trouble with your studying is that you spend too much time on picayune details and not enough on the really important matters .

你学习上的问题是，花在过度索粹细节的时间太多，而真正重要的事情上却时间太少。
4

His action was unwarranted , picayune , and vindictive .

他的行为是非法的，卑鄙的，恶意的。
5

FAITH LAPIDUS : Project organizers hope to re-create wetlands in Picayune Strand and nearby lands by redirecting the flow of water in that area .

该修复工程的组织者希望，通过重新将水流导入PicayuneStrand和附近的土地来重新创造一片湿地。