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petty

英['petɪ] 美['pɛti]

英英释义同义词辨析实用场景例句

adj. 琐碎的；小气的；小规模的
n. (Petty)人名；(英、法)佩蒂

英英释意

1. inferior in rank or status;: "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"

2. (informal terms) 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"; "Mickey Mouse regulations"; "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"

3. contemptibly narrow in outlook;: "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"