常見例句

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(gè)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(duì)社區(qū)生活產(chǎn)生有害影響。
• At 17, he had a criminal record for petty theft.
  他17歲就有了小偷小摸的犯罪前科。
• 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.
  一樁又一樁的小丑聞困擾著他的政府，產(chǎn)生越來越壞的影響。
• The meeting degenerated into petty squabbling.
  會(huì)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(tuán)本周提出了各種細(xì)枝末節(jié)的反對(duì)意見，極在地阻撓了進(jìn)程。
• Petty officers are the backbone of a navy.
  軍士是海軍的骨干。
• A team of officers is trawling through the records of thousands of petty thieves.
  一組警員正在翻查數(shù)以千計(jì)的小偷小摸者的犯罪記錄。
• Big business will never let petty nationalism get in the way of a good deal.
  大企業(yè)永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)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歲就有了小偷小摸的犯罪前科。
• 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(gè)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(xiàng)微不足道的指控為由將他拘捕了。
• To an outsider, the issues that we fight about would seem almost laughably petty.
  對(duì)局外人來說，我們?yōu)橹範(fàn)幍倪@些議題可能看上去無關(guān)痛癢，幾近滑稽。
• The removal of petty restrictions has made life easier.
  對(duì)一些瑣碎規(guī)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規(guī)戒律的限制.
• He got the sack for petty thieving.
  他因小偷小摸而被開除了.
• The writer often obfuscates the real issues with petty details.
  那作家常以細(xì)枝末節(jié)來混淆實(shí)質(zhì)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(jìn)入圍欄, 他會(huì)對(duì)他們不屑一顧.
• It was a petty problem and they soon solved it.
  這僅是一個(gè)小問題,他們很快就解決了.
• The petty clerk was afraid of offending his boss.
  這個(gè)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, 小人長戚戚.
• The party split into petty factions.
  該黨分裂成若干小派系.
• He was also petty, unreasonably querulous, and mean.
  他還是個(gè)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(duì)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.
  于是我們干著瑣碎的事情, 幾乎意識(shí)不到我們對(duì)生活的倦怠態(tài)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(jīng)發(fā)生的貪污現(xiàn)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.
  平凡的頭腦最多只是一件微小的機(jī)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.
  我們不能再為小小的分歧而內(nèi)耗.
• Tis less discredit to abridge petty charges, than to stoop to petty gettings.
  節(jié)省一絲一毫金錢, 不會(huì)比為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?yàn)樾⌒〉膫e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.
  我不祈求有仆人為我送來食物,不求屋舍、金銀財(cái)寶 、 愛情 、 健康 、 小的勝利 、 名譽(yù) 、 成功或者幸福.
• Bicker: To engage in a petty, bad - tempered quarrel; squabble.
  發(fā)生口角: 因壞脾氣引起的小的爭吵; 為瑣事爭吵.
• Poverty entails fear and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships.
  貧困伴隨著焦慮、壓力, 有時(shí)甚至是沮喪, 那就意味著無數(shù)細(xì)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, 那么你愚昧的恐懼感與小小的嫉妒心都會(huì)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(zhàn)天災(zāi)的權(quán)威!
• How can these petty thieves be so rampant?
  這幾個(gè)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“光榮的失敗勝于渺小的成功”的說法.
• The killers, in fact, laughed at petty school shooters.
  其實(shí), 殺人者嘲笑那些小規(guī)模的校園槍擊犯.
• The upper petty bourgeoisie referred to here are small industrialists and merchants employing workers or assistants.
  這里所說的上層小資產(chǎn)階級(jí),是指雇傭工人或店員的小規(guī)模的工商業(yè)者.
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