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piddling

美 [ˈpɪdlɪŋ]英 [ˈpɪdlɪŋ]
  • adj.微不足道的;琐碎的;鸡毛蒜皮的
  • v.撒尿
  • piddle的现在分词
piddlingpiddling

adj.

only before noun琐碎的;鸡毛蒜皮的
small and unimportant

trivial

piddling

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    ADJ-GRADED 微不足道的;无关紧要的
    Piddling means small or unimportant.

    ...arguing over piddling amounts of money.

    为一点小钱争吵

adj

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(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 piffling petty picayune trivial

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  1. I don 't want to hear all the piddling little details !

    我不想听那些琐碎的事!

  2. Their proposals to deal with the situation are piddling in comparison with the problem .

    比起巨大的问题来,他们的解决建议不足道。

  3. Exports were higher this year , though still piddling , at less than $ 1 billion .

    尽管数目不大,今年出口还是增加了,近10亿美元。

  4. Why don 't you get on with some work instead of piddling away the whole morning doing nothing ?

    你难道不能找点事做做,而不是整个上午闲混过去吗?

  5. They gave me piddling little jobs to do .

    他们让我干一些琐碎的杂活儿。

  6. It 's annoying to have to get authorization for spending such piddling amounts of money .

    花这麽一点钱也要去请示,真烦人。

  7. Generally , Scarlett would not have cared whether she received at Melly 's piddling parties or not .

    在通常情况下,思嘉并不在意是否在媚兰举办的家宴上参加接待客人。

  8. In a huge bull market they wind up with piddling profits , only to watch their former holdings soar .

    在巨大的上涨行情中,他们以小的利益抛售目前持有的飞涨的股票。

  9. The puppy has done a piddle on the carpet .

    小狗在地毯上撒了一泡尿。

  10. Don 't they realise that one of the most annoying things is being at the receiving end of piddling austerity measures ?

    难道他们没有意识到,最恼人的事情之一,就是无关紧要的节约措施落到了自己头上?

  11. There were twenty piddling little fountains .

    他扎了水管二十钎子,二十道小喷泉喷了出来,像撒尿一样。

  12. There would be no more " accidents " on the living room carpet ; you 'd be able to take your poodle for a piddle several times a day .

    客厅地毯上不会再有“意外”发生了,你可以在一天内带你的卷毛小狗去撒几次尿。