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trivial

英['trɪvɪəl] 美['trɪvɪəl]
  • adj. 不重要的,琐碎的;琐细的

英英释意


1. (informal terms) 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"
"Mickey Mouse regulations"
"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"
2. obvious and dull;
"trivial conversation"
"commonplace prose"
3. of little substance or significance;
"a few superficial editorial changes"
"only trivial objections"
4. concerned with trivialities;
"a trivial young woman"
"a trivial mind"
5. not large enough to consider or notice