piddling
- adj.微不足道的;琐碎的;鸡毛蒜皮的
- v.撒尿
- piddle的现在分词
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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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I don 't want to hear all the piddling little details !
我不想听那些琐碎的事!
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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。
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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。
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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?
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They gave me piddling little jobs to do .
他们让我干一些琐碎的杂活儿。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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The puppy has done a piddle on the carpet .
小狗在地毯上撒了一泡尿。
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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?
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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。
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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。