英 [ˈpeti] 美 [ˈpeti]
adj. 不重要的，琐碎的，小的；小气的，小心眼的；次要的，职位低的；（罪行）轻微的
【名】 （Petty）（英、法）佩蒂（人名）
比较级pettier或more petty
最高级pettiest或most petty
petty /ˈpɛtɪ/ CET6 TEM4 [ pettier pettiest ]
形容词 You can use petty to describe things such as problems, rules, or arguments that you think are unimportant or relate to unimportant things. 不重要的
He was miserable all the time and fights would start over petty things.
他一直都很闷闷不乐，常为一些鸡毛蒜皮的事吵架。
...endless rules and petty regulations.
…没完没了的规则和无足轻重的规定。
形容词 If you describe someone's behaviour as petty, you mean that they care too much about small, unimportant things and perhaps that they are unnecessarily unkind. 过分在乎琐事的
He was petty-minded and obsessed with detail.
他谨小慎微，过于在意细节。
不可数名词 狭隘
Never had she met such spite and pettiness.
她以前从来没有碰到过这样的恶意和狭隘。
形容词 Petty is used of people or actions that are less important, serious, or great than others. (人或行动) 次要的
...petty crime, such as purse-snatching and minor break-ins.
…诸如抢钱包、不严重的入室盗窃之类的轻罪。
larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
同义词： petit larceny / petty larceny
inferior in rank or status
petty officialdom
同义词： junior-grade / inferior / lower-ranking / lowly / secondary / subaltern / subordinate
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那些(Those)和佩蒂(Petty)对战了七场零两个加时的队友(Teammate)在望着他。他们一同劳力反抗到了方今，生活有朝气.
七十年代小资(Petty)们在支流消耗上的短缺脊梁，无须声讨(Denounce)，事实上，他们(They)是受培育最为足够的那一群人，没有天生的信心，只有不断培养...
... distinction 名望；出众 petty 微小的；不足道的 refinements (生活)风雅 ...
... preoccupy 使全神贯注；盘踞（心头）；迷住 petty 细小的；次要的 splendor 华丽，壮丽，光亮 ...
pettifogging 骗人的；琐碎的，无用的；诡辩的
pettily 卑鄙地；小气地；琐碎地；小型地
pettiness 琐碎；卑鄙；小气；微小
pettifogging 诡辩，欺骗
pettifogging 欺诈；诡辩（pettifog的ing形式）
How could you be so petty?
你怎么那么小气呢？
She felt boxed in by all their petty rules.
她觉得被他们的琐碎规章束缚住了手脚。
She felt hemmed in by all their petty rules and regulations.
她觉得受到他们那些琐碎的规章制度的束缚。
"Petty thieving,eh,Alfred?" said Mr.Carr.
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She has way more power than she needs, it would seem, to destroy a petty little mages like Comus.
她会拥有更多的力量，那看上去足够，摧毁一个像科玛斯这样的英俊的法师。
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exhibits a sort of lofty detachment to the more or less petty things that weigh most of us down.
这类人展现了一种,对琐碎事物的崇高超脱,让我们大多数人无地自容。
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Mr.Obama said he does not want to see what he called - "petty politics" get in the way of reform.
VOA : standard.2009.07.29
"Even petty bribery,small bribery, is not a long-term sustainable approach to kind of grease the wheels,"
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This petty infirmity and its accompanying mood swings got me mulling over ex-Hewlett-Packard chairman Patricia Dunn.
Ms Rimington's is a catalogue of slights, frustrations and petty humiliations at the hands of men.
Films made by top directors found favor in the eyes of the city's petty bourgeoise.
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