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pic·a·yune 英ˌpɪkəˈjuːn美ˌpɪkəˈjunAHDpĭk'ə-y›nʹ 高ＳＧCOCA⁷¹⁶⁹¹BNC¹⁷³⁹⁹⁵⁺²iWeb⁵⁹⁵⁷⁰Economist⁵³⁵⁸¹⁺¹
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adj.微小的²⁵;心胸狭窄的³⁹n.西班牙铜币¹²;五美分铜币¹²;微不足道的事物¹²复数picayunes形容词picayunish
重要
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 一种西班牙银币，值半里亚尔Real,西班牙银币单位，借自法语方言picaillon,五分钱币，来自picaio,钱币。引申词义不值钱的，微不足道的。近义词 petty小的little小的niggling琐碎的piddling无用的piffling琐碎的trivial不重要的footling不熟练的Lilliputian极小的fiddling无足轻重的
Indeed, he considers much of modern Islam to be a tyranny of thepicayune.事实上，他认为现代伊斯兰教的大部分内容都是picayune的暴政。adj.trivial
同义词 diminutive,everyday,frivolous,immaterial,incidental,inconsequential,inconsiderable,insignificant,irrelevant,little,meager,mean,meaningless,minor,minute,negligible,nonessential,of no account,paltry,petty,piddling,puny,slight,small,superficial,trifling,trite,unimportant
inconsequentialadjective insignificant
big zero,casual,dinky,entry-level,exiguous,immaterial,inadequate,inappreciable,inconsequent,inconsiderable,insignificant,insufficient,light,little,measly,minor,negligible,no biggie,paltry,petty,puny,runt,scanty,shoestring,shrimp,skimpy,small,small potatoes,small-time,trifling,trivial,two bit,unconsidered,unimportant,wimpy,worthless
inconsequential/inconsiderableadjective of no significance
casual,dinky,entry-level,exiguous,immaterial,inadequate,inappreciable,inconsequent,insignificant,insufficient,light,little,measly,minor,negligible,paltry,petty,picayune,puny,runt,scanty,shoestring,skimpy,small,small potatoes,small-time,trifling,trivial,two-bit,unconsidered,unimportant,wimpy,worthless
inconsiderableadjective petty
base,casual,cheap,contemptible,frivolous,inconsequent,inessential,inferior,irrelevant,junior,lesser,light,little,lower,measly,minor,narrow-minded,negligible,nickel-and-dime,niggling,nugatory,of no account,paltry,peanut,penny-ante,pettifogging,picayune,piddling,scratch,secondary,shabby,shallow,shoestring,slight,small,small-minded,subordinate,trifling,two-bit,unimportant
measlyadjective skimpy
beggarly,contemptible,insignificant,meager,mean,miserable,miserly,niggling,paltry,pathetic,petty,picayune,piddling,pitiful,poor,puny,scanty,stingy,trifling,trivial,ungenerous,unimportant,valueless,worthless
minuteadjective unimportant
immaterial,inconsiderable,insignificant,light,little,minor,negligible,nonessential,paltry,petty,picayune,piddling,puny,slight,small,trifling,trivial
more inconsequentialadjective insignificant
big zero,casual,dinky,entry level,exiguous,immaterial,inadequate,inappreciable,inconsequent,inconsiderable,insignificant,insufficient,light,little,measly,minor,negligible,no biggie,paltry,petty,picayune,puny,runt,scanty,shoestring,shrimp,skimpy,small,small potatoes,small-time,trifling,trivial,two bit,unconsidered,unimportant,wimpy,worthless Old editions of the Times Picayune, New Orleans' daily newspaper, have been successfully used by the researchers to produce butanol from the cellulose in the paper.
这个菌株已经成功的利用新奥尔良的一份日报 Times Picayune 里面的纤维素来产生丁醇。 yeeyan
“ It's not a hotel,” the director of emergency preparedness for St. Tammany parish told the Times-Picayune in1999.
“这不是一间旅馆”圣-塔马尼县应急筹备协会的主任在1999年对 Times- Picayune报的记者说。 yeeyan
According to a New Orleans Times- Picayune story written that day, the mayor said he was having his staff research whether he could issue a mandatory evacuation, which he said was unprecedented.
据新奥尔良一份叫做 Times- Picayune的报纸对于该天的叙述：市长说他有让他的工作人员研究他是否可以发出强制撤离的命令，并说这是前所未有的。 yeeyan
Experts recently told the New Orleans Times- Picayune that as much as 210,000 gallons of oil a day could be leaking from the well for two months.
专家最近告诉新奥尔良《皮卡尤恩时报》的记者，在未来两个月里，井中每天都会泄露出不下于210，000加仑的石油。 yeeyan
This grim outlook, the subject of a recent series in the Times- Picayune, has reignited debate about how to protect the area from the sea, and how much to spend doing it.
由于未来形式严峻，今日在 Times- Picayune上发起了相关的讨论，如怎样保护该地区免于受海水的淹没，又应该花费多少去实施保护措施。 yeeyan
Through a process of gradual consolidation, New Orleans now has only one major daily, the Times- Picayune.
通过一系列的逐步的整合过程，新奥尔良现在只有一家主流日报,泰晤士报-皮卡尤恩。 yeeyan |