petty

英 [ˈpeti]

美 [ˈpeti]

adj. 小的; 琐碎的; 次要的; 小气的; 狭隘的

比较级：pettier　复数：pettys　最高级：pettiest　

CET6 考研 IELTS GRE TEM8 经济

Collins.2 / BNC.6407 / COCA.6435

同义词辨析

petty minor small trivial【导航词义：小的，不重要的】

pettyadj. 小的，不重要的

〔辨析〕

指问题、细节等琐碎的。

〔例证〕

They used to quarrel over petty things.
他们过去常为小事争吵。
Have these petty restrictions worked?
这些小限制发挥作用了吗？

minoradj. 小的，不很重要的

〔辨析〕

尤指比起其他事物来较小或不是很重要、很严重的。

〔例证〕

There is a minor road in front of us.
我们前面有一条小路。
He played a minor role in the policy-making process.
他在制定政策的过程中发挥了很小的作用。
She had a minor operation.
她做了一个小手术。

smalladj. 小的，不重要的

〔辨析〕

指尺寸或数量小的，也指工作、问题、错误等不重要的或影响不大的。

〔例证〕

This pair of jeans was too small for him.
这条牛仔裤他穿太小了。
He only got a small amount of money after retirement.
退休之后他只拿到了一小笔钱。
According to the schedule, we have to make a few small changes.
根据日程安排，我们需要作些小小的变动。

trivialadj. 微不足道的

〔辨析〕

指不重要、不严重或没有什么价值的。

〔例证〕

Don't get upset about trivial matters.
不要为琐事烦恼。
They were fighting over a trivial sum of money.
他们在为一笔数额极小的钱而打架。

牛津词典

adj.

小的；琐碎的；次要的
small and unimportant
1. petty squabbles
  小口角
2. petty crime/theft (= that is not very serious)
  轻微罪行 / 偷窃
3. a petty criminal/thief
  轻罪犯；小窃贼
4. a petty bureaucrat/official (= who does not have much power or authority, although they might pretend to)
  小官僚；小官员
小气的；狭隘的
caring too much about small and unimportant matters, especially when this is unkind to other people
1. How could you be so petty?
  你怎么那么小气呢？

柯林斯词典

ADJ-GRADED 微不足道的；不重要的
You can usepettyto describe things such as problems, rules, or arguments which you think are unimportant or relate to unimportant things.
1. He was miserable all the time and rows would start over petty things.
  他总是愁眉苦脸的，常因小事发怒。
2. ...endless rules and petty regulations...
  没完没了的规则和繁复琐碎的规定
3. The meeting degenerated into petty squabbling.
  会议变成了无聊的扯皮。
ADJ-GRADED 小题大做的；过于关注琐事的
If you describe someone's behaviour aspetty, you mean that they care too much about small, unimportant things and perhaps that they are unnecessarily unkind.
1. He was petty-minded and obsessed with detail...
  他小肚鸡肠，满脑子都是鸡毛蒜皮的事儿。
2. I think that attitude is a bit petty.
  我觉得那种态度有点小题大做。
ADJ 下级的；次要的；小规模的
Pettyis used of people or actions that are less important, serious, or great than others.
1. Wilson was not a man who dealt with petty officials.
  威尔逊不是个与小官小吏打交道的人。
2. ...petty crime, such as handbag-snatching and minor break-ins.
  抢手提包和入室盗窃等轻罪

英英释义

noun

larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
Synonym:petit larcenypetty larceny

adj

contemptibly narrow in outlook
1. petty little comments
2. disgusted with their small-minded pettiness
Synonym:small-minded
(informal) small and of little importance
1. a fiddling sum of money
2. a footling gesture
3. our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
4. a little (or small) matter
5. a dispute over niggling details
6. limited to petty enterprises
7. piffling efforts
8. giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction
Synonym:fiddlingfootlinglilliputianlittlenigglingpiddlingpifflingpicayunetrivial

双语例句

At 17, he had a criminal record for petty theft
他17岁就有了小偷小摸的犯罪前科。
Kenworthy had run him in on a petty charge.
肯沃西以一项微不足道的指控为由将他拘捕了。
Sales and purchases, wages and salaries, petty cash and expenses and so on.
售出和购入、工钱和薪金、小额备用金和开支等。
People who seek after petty gains seldom think far.
贪小的人很难有长远的眼光。
The petty clerk was afraid of offending his boss.
这个小职员不敢得罪他的老板。
Their delegation threw a giant monkey wrench into the process this week by raising all sorts of petty objections.
他们的代表团本周提出了各种细枝末节的反对意见，极在地阻挠了进程。
It was a petty problem and they soon solved it.
这仅是一个小问题，他们很快就解决了。
Big business will never let petty nationalism get in the way of a good deal.
大企业永远不会让狭隘的民族主义妨碍它们做大好的买卖。
A gentleman is open and poised; a petty man is unhappy and worried.
君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚。
He was miserable all the time and rows would start over petty things.
他总是愁眉苦脸的，常因小事发怒。