petty
adj. 琐碎的；小气的；小规模的
n. (Petty)人名；(英、法)佩蒂
中文拼写：佩蒂
名字含义：Pettit的异体，Mathilda,Matilda等的昵称
名字来源：英语
名字类别：女
William Petty 威廉•佩蒂：
(1623～1687)，英国政治经济学家，著有《赋税论》。
双语释义
adj.(形容词)不重要的unimportant
卑鄙的；小气的mean;narrow-minded
英英释义
petty[ 'peti ]
n.larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
同义词：petit larcenypetty larceny
adj.
inferior in rank or status
"petty officialdom"
同义词：junior-gradeinferiorlower-rankinglowlysecondarysubalternsubordinate
(informal) small and of little importance
"limited to petty enterprises"
同义词：fiddlingfootlinglilliputianlittlenigglingpiddlingpifflingpicayunetrivial
contemptibly narrow in outlook
"petty little comments"
同义词：small-minded
词汇搭配
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+名词
petty commodities小商品
petty details不重要的细节
petty remark小气的话
词组短语
petty bourgeoisie n. 小资产阶级（等于petite bourgeoisie）
petty cash零用现金；小额备用金
petty bourgeois小资产阶级分子
petty officer海军士官，海军军士
同近义词辨析
petty, trivial这组词都有“琐细的，不重要的”的意思，其区别是：
petty指在同类中是最小最微不足道的人或事物。
trivial指无特别价值或重要意义的普通小事。
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
The party split into petty factions.
该党分裂成若干小派系。
The paymasters of these petty crooks are the big crime syndicates.
操纵这帮小流氓的就是那个大犯罪集团。
In his short life he had run the entire gamut of crime, from petty theft to murder.
他在短短的一生中,从小偷小摸到杀人,什么罪都犯过。
Don't bug me with petty details.
不要讲那些琐碎的细节来烦我。
People do not discourage this kind of petty work.
人们对这种次要的工作不加以阻止。
She grew tired of his petty jealousies.
她越来越讨厌他那种心胸狭窄的忌妒行为。
She is very petty at times.
她有时很小心眼。
权威例句
Predisposition to petty criminality in Swedish adoptees. III. Sex differences and validation of the male typology.Petty Tyranny in Organizations: A Preliminary Examination of Antecedents and Consequences
THE L p -BUSEMANN-PETTY CENTROID INEQUALITY
Informal sector or petty commodity production: Dualism or dependence in urban development?
A generalization of the Busemann-Petty problem on sections of convex bodies
A positive answer to the Busemann-Petty problem in three dimen-sions
A positive answer to the Busemann-Petty problem in three dimen-sions
Offering free backgrounds and sets, holiday pages, Nascar, Kyle Petty, Adam Petty, and candle information.
The Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion
The Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion
petty (adj.)
late 14c., "small," from phonemic spelling of Old French petit "small" (see petit). In English, not originally disparaging (as still in petty cash, 1834; petty officer, 1570s). Meaning "of small importance" is recorded from 1520s; that of "small-minded" is from 1580s. Related: Pettily; pettiness. An old name for "Northern Lights" was petty dancers.
1. You will know what he cares about and you will know what he considers insignificant, petty, or distracting.
你就会知道他所关心的，和那些他看为不重要的、琐碎的和烦扰的事物。
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2. The days stretch out in an endless vista. So we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life.
时日在无穷的展望中延展着，于是我们干着琐碎的事情，几乎意识不到我们对生活的倦怠态度。
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3. The accountant said that we could use petty cash to buy paper but not to buy a new printer.
会计说我们可以用零用现金去买纸，但是不能用它买一个新的打印机。
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4. "If they can fabricate votes for something as petty as a national tourism day, then they can fabricate many other things, " said Zhang Hongzheng.
“如果他们连国家旅游日这种琐碎的事情都要伪造票数的话，在很多其他事情上他们也会造假，”张宏正说。
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5. When she asked me why I had been depressed, I felt almost ashamed in telling her – I thought my reasons were petty and insignificant, and many others had implied the same.
但是当他问我，我为什么沮丧时，我觉得很难为情告诉她原因。 因为我认为我的理由是琐碎的，而且并不重要的，很多人曾经这样暗示我的。
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6. Our planet may burn, millions may die, and cities such as Moscow and New York may smoulder, but at least we will be free of petty regulation and bureaucracy.It seems a stiff price to pay.
我们的星球也许会燃烧，数百万人也许会死亡，莫斯科和纽约这样的城市也许会闷燃毁灭，但是，至少我们会摆脱琐碎的管理和官僚主义，而这似乎要付出极其沉重的代价。
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7. Obama proclaimed "an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics".
奥巴马宣称，“结束长久以来扼杀我们政治的那些琐碎的、不满和虚假的承诺，以及相互指责和陈旧的教条”。
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8. To support this formula meant upholding democracy and the Constitution; to oppose it seemed mean and petty.
支持这个模式意味着维护民主和《宪法》；反对它似乎意味着卑鄙和狭隘。
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9. He has dropped some of the petty restrictions that irritate Cubans.
他抛弃了那些激怒古巴人民的小的限制。
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10. There is a willful self-destructiveness in the air here as if America has all the time and money in the world for petty politics.
这里的空气里中弥漫着一种故意自我毁灭的气息，为了狭隘的政治，美国好像在全世界有的是金钱和时间。
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11. If you require a building permit, the petty official concerned will obviously get more pleasure from saying «No» than from saying «Yes».
如果你要求一个建筑许可，这个相关的小官员将明显能从说“不”而非“是”获得更多快乐。
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12. They were also sent because of petty crime, like stealing food, or because they had missed school.
还有人是因为像盗窃食物这样的轻微罪行，或者是因为缺课而被送走的。
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13. Love of power is greatly increased by the experience of power, and this applies to petty power as well as to that of potentates.
对权力的迷恋随着对权力的体验而与日俱增，而且不论这权力是大到君王的，还是小到微不足道。
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14. So we go about our petty task, hardly aware of our listless attitude towards life.
因此，我们一味忙于琐事，却没意识到这种对待生活的态度太盲目。
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15. So we go about our petty task, hardly aware of our listless attitude towards life.
因此，我们一味忙于琐事，却没意识到这种对待生活的态度太盲目。
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