picayune是什么意思

2024-01-31 05:34:16

picayune

美[ˌpɪkəjuːn] 英[ˌpɪkəjuːn]

adj. 微小的；心胸狭窄的

n. 西班牙铜币；五美分铜币；微不足道的事物

形容词：picayunish

近义词：petty，trivial，footling，fiddling，little，niggling，piddling，Lilliputian，piffling，

Adjective

(informal) 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" "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"

Did he want to begin in a picayune, obscure way? 他愿意马马虎虎的着手吗？
His action was unwarranted, picayune, and vindictive. 他的行为是非法的，卑鄙的，恶意的。
Picayune demands that all but confounded the peacetalks. 这些琐碎的要求只会使和平谈判受挫。
His action was unwarranted, picayune , and vindictive. 他的行为是非法的，卑鄙的，恶意的。
No fellow spoils his life,but a picayune amount of them cherish time. 没有人不爱惜他的生命，但很少人珍视他的时间。
Giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law,but it seems to be a picayune infraction. 给一位警官提供一顿免费的饭食或许违反了法律，但这看上去是不值一提的违法。