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adj.琐碎的⁵⁸;不足道的³⁴动词piffle的现在分词形式⁸.原型piffle的现在分词
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 比喻用法。piffle做无聊事
piff-ling小⇒adj.琐碎的⁵⁸;不足道的动词piffle的现在分词形式.adj.微不足道的;无聊的;渺小的_null.动词piffle的现在分词形式近义词 petty小的small小的little小的minor轻微的picayune微小的niggling琐碎的piddling无用的trivial不重要的paltry微不足道的footling不熟练的Lilliputian极小的trifling微不足道的fiddling无足轻重的unimportant不重要的insignificant无关紧要的
用作形容词He got paid apifflingsum after weeks of work.他工作数周所得甚微。 Conservative MPs who distrust the EU—ie, most of them—seem glumly certain that the referendum lock is a piffling idea, a gimmick that will do little to defend British interests.
国会中不信任欧盟的议员绝大多数愠怒地认为“公投锁”不过是个小把戏，耍个噱头而已，根本不能捍卫英国利益。 ecocn
The tit-for-tat offences were quite piffling, said Mr Kamal—a spot of thieving or kidnapping of fighting-age males.
卡迈勒说，两个部落间针锋相对的仇恨其实相当琐碎，只是到了好斗年龄的男人的少量盗窃和拐骗行为。 ecocn
Because markets for land are so ill- developed in Africa and governments so weak, rents are piffling: $2 per hectare per year in Ethiopia; $5 in Liberia.
因为在非洲土地市场发展很不完善，另外政府很软弱，租金非常便宜：在埃塞俄比亚每公顷每年的租金是2美元；在利比里亚是5美元。 ecocn
Because markets for land are so ill- developed in Africa and governments so weak, rents are piffling: $2 per hectare per year in Ethiopia;
因为在非洲土地市场发展很不完善，另外政府很软弱，租金非常便宜：在埃塞俄比亚每公顷每年的租金是2美元； ecocn
Germany, which has promised a piffling euro12 billion$15 billion, may be shamed into spending more.
德国之前承诺的区区120亿欧元合150亿美元的投入相形见绌，有可能会有进一步的计划。 ecocn
He found those with a lower base level of the hormone tended to prefer immediate payment, even when the sum in question was piffling compared with the promised future compensation.
他发现那些具有更低水平糖皮质激素的人倾向于选择即时报酬，即使即时报酬数目和未来承诺的补偿相比微不足道，结果也是这样。 ecocn |