piffling
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adj.
琐碎的，不足道的；
v.
做无聊事，讲废话( piffle的现在分词 )；
英英释义
piffling[ 'pifliŋ ]
adj.(informal) small and of little importance
"piffling efforts"
同义词：fiddlingfootlinglilliputianlittlenigglingpiddlingpettypicayunetrivial
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
He got paid a piffling sum after weeks of work.
他工作数周所得甚微。
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1. 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。
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2. 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。
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3. Einstein was said always to wear the same clothes so as to avoid having to trouble his brain with such piffling matters as deciding between suits.
听说，爱因斯坦老是穿戴同样的衣服，这样就用不着为穿什么衣服这种琐事而伤思维。
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4. That now seems probable, despite Mr Brown’s initial, indefensible preference for a closed version: with Mr Bush departed and Saddam dead, the case for privacy was always piffling.
这样的公开调查现在看来很可能要进行了，尽管布朗开始倾向于不公开调查：随着布什卸任和萨拉姆被绞死，隐私这一因素变得微不足道了。
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5. 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。
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6. This Can be accomplished by lifting the hindquarter with the tail, piffling the foreleg, and applying a pumping motion with a foot in the flank.
抓起牛尾巴以抬高它的后部，拉起前腿，用脚踩住牛的侧腹做打气的动作。
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7. Every month sees thousands of protests across China by poor farmers outraged at the expropriation of their land for piffling or no compensation.
每个月，中国各地的农民会发出成千上万的抗议，他们愤怒是因为他们的土地被征收，而所得到的补偿却少的可怜，甚至是没有。
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8. 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；
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9. Germany, which has promised a piffling euro 12 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。
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10. The properties of Washington, DC, are valued at a piffling $232 billion.
而华盛顿特区的地产仅价值2320亿美元。
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11. The properties of Washington, DC, are valued at a piffling $232 billion.
而华盛顿特区的地产仅价值2320亿美元。
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12. Every month sees thousands of protests across China by poor farmers outraged at the expropriation of their land for piffling or no compensation.
每个月都可见到中国各地因为征地未获补偿或者补偿微乎其微而愤怒不已的贫穷农民举行的数以千计的抗议。
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13. he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost; piffling efforts; a trifling matter.
他总是考虑生活中一些极琐碎事情的开支；微不足道的努力；琐碎的事情。
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
14. He get pay a piffling sum after week of work.
他工作数周所得甚微。
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15. He got paid a piffling sum after weeks of work.
他工作数周所得甚微.
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考
16. This can be accomplished by lifting the hindquarter with the tail, piffling the foreleg, and applying a pumping motion with a foot in the flank.
抓起牛尾巴以抬高它的后部,拉起前腿,用脚踩住牛的侧腹做打气的动作。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]
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