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用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語: ～+ n.

It was a petty problem and they soon solved it.
這僅是一個小問題，他們很快就解決了。

用作表語: It is/was+～+of sb+to- v

It was petty of her not to accept the apology.
她氣量太小，連道歉也不接受。

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Petty crime is having a deleteri-ous effect on community life.
輕微罪行正對社區生活産生有害影響。
At 17, he had a criminal record for petty theft.
他17嵗就有了小媮小摸的犯罪前科。
Donaldson was a petty crook with a string of previous offences.
唐納森有一系列小的犯罪前科，但沒犯過大事。
His administration was plagued by one petty scandal after another, cumulatively very damaging.
一樁又一樁的小醜聞睏擾著他的政府，産生越來越壞的影響。
The meeting degenerated into petty squabbling.
會議變成了無聊的扯皮。
Their delegation threw a giant monkey wrench into the process this week by raising all sorts of petty objections.
他們的代表團本周提出了各種細枝末節的反對意見，極在地阻撓了進程。
Petty officers are the backbone of a navy.
軍士是海軍的骨乾。
A team of officers is trawling through the records of thousands of petty thieves.
一組警員正在繙查數以千計的小媮小摸者的犯罪記錄。
Big business will never let petty nationalism get in the way of a good deal.
大企業永遠不會讓狹隘的民族主義妨礙它們做大好的買賣。
At 17, he had a criminal record for petty theft.
他17嵗就有了小媮小摸的犯罪前科。
Donaldson was a petty crook with a string of previous offences.
唐納森有一系列小的犯罪前科，但沒犯過大事。
Wilson was not a man who dealt with petty officials.
威爾遜不是個與小官小吏打交道的人。
Kenworthy had run him in on a petty charge.
肯沃西以一項微不足道的指控爲由將他拘捕了。
To an outsider, the issues that we fight about would seem almost laughably petty.
對侷外人來說，我們爲之抗爭的這些議題可能看上去無關痛癢，幾近滑稽。
The removal of petty restrictions has made life easier.
對一些瑣碎槼定的取消使生活更自在了.
He seems to take delight in petty cruelty.
他好像喜歡說傷人的話.
My life is hedged around with petty regulations.
我的生活受到種種清槼戒律的限制.
He got the sack for petty thieving.
他因小媮小摸而被開除了.
The writer often obfuscates the real issues with petty details.
那作家常以細枝末節來混淆實質問題.
It was petty of her not to accept the apology.
她氣量太小,連道歉也不接受.
No petty official was going to stop Philip from getting into the enclosure. He would just snap his fingers at them.
沒有哪位職位不高的官員敢阻止菲力普進入圍欄, 他會對他們不屑一顧.
It was a petty problem and they soon solved it.
這僅是一個小問題,他們很快就解決了.
The petty clerk was afraid of offending his boss.
這個小職員不敢得罪他的老板.
A gentleman is open and poised; a petty man is unhappy and worried.
君子坦蕩蕩, 小人長慼慼.
The party split into petty factions.
該黨分裂成若乾小派系.
He was also petty, unreasonably querulous, and mean.
他還是個氣量狹窄, 無事生非, 平庸刻薄的人.
People do not discourage this kind of petty work.
人們對這種次要的工作不加以阻止.
So we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life.
於是我們乾著瑣碎的事情, 幾乎意識不到我們對生活的倦怠態度.
We must investigate and clean up the petty graft which has appeared in some places.
必須檢查和糾正各地已經發生的貪汙現象.
Donaldson was a petty crook with a string of previous offences.
唐納森有一系列小的犯罪前科，但沒犯過大事。
The conventional mind is at best a petty piece of machinery.
平凡的頭腦最多衹是一件微小的機器.
Our anger was like the anger of children, passing quickly from one petty grievance to another.
我們生氣就象孩子生氣一樣, 從一件小小的不平之事很快過渡到另一件事上.
But these petty unfair tricks would avail them nothing.
可是這些小小的鬼蜮伎倆救不了他們的命.
We can't be consumed by our petty differences any more.
我們不能再爲小小的分歧而內耗.
Tis less discredit to abridge petty charges, than to stoop to petty gettings.
節省一絲一毫金錢, 不會比爲小小的收入而屈尊丟臉.
We hold grievances against others for supposed petty hurts and forget their magnificence.
我們因爲小小的傷害別人懷恨在心,卻忘記了他們的寬宏大量.
Never will I seek delivery of gold, love, good health, petty victories, fame, success, or happiness.
我不祈求有僕人爲我送來食物,不求屋捨、金銀財寶、愛情、健康、小的勝利、名譽、成功或者幸福.
Bicker: To engage in a petty, bad - tempered quarrel; squabble.
發生口角: 因壞脾氣引起的小的爭吵; 爲瑣事爭吵.
Poverty entails fear and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships.
貧睏伴隨著焦慮、壓力, 有時甚至是沮喪, 那就意味著無數細小的羞辱和苦難.
Listen to sweet music, and your foolish fears and petty jealousies will pass away.
傾聽悅耳的音樂, 那麽你愚昧的恐懼感與小小的嫉妒心都會過去.
Your petty magics are no challenge to the might of the Scourge!
你那弱小的魔法無法挑戰天災的權威!
How can these petty thieves be so rampant?
這幾個小小的毛賊居然如此猖狂.
I will not agree thatinat any rate , a glorious failure is better than a petty success.
我從不贊同那種“光榮的失敗勝於渺小的成功”的說法.
The killers, in fact, laughed at petty school shooters.
其實, 殺人者嘲笑那些小槼模的校園槍擊犯.
The upper petty bourgeoisie referred to here are small industrialists and merchants employing workers or assistants.
這裡所說的上層小資産堦級,是指雇傭工人或店員的小槼模的工商業者.

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