piddling

常见例句

And due to the network's piddling size, it was, in truth, probably unnecessary.
而且考虑到当时网络的轻量级规模，或许事实上也是不必要的。
Instead it is one of only three piddling acquisitions made in emerging markets since the financial crisis began in 2007.
相反，这是2007年金融危机发生后，汇丰仅有的三起无聊并购之一。
That piddling 2.3% gain on the S&P 500 is a huge 11.5 percentage points above the loss delivered by the Shanghai market this year.
今年标普500那微不足道的2.3%升幅与跌跌不休的上海股市造成的亏损局面相比，大大地高出了11.5%。

As we went through the break-up process and debated whether we really wanted to end things, we let it dwindle to a piddling amount.
FORBES: Breaking up in a digital fishbowl, revisited. (Or: How the New York Times filleted me on the front page of the Style section)
Nobody seems to care that you are being paid piddling amounts to lend your money to the U.S Treasury debt which has credit ratings that defy gravity.
FORBES