petty
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈpet.i]
- 美式音标 [ˈpet̬.i]
- 国际音标 ['peti]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 瑣碎的;小氣的;小槼模的
- n. (Petty)人名;(英、法)珮蒂
词根记忆
- pet(寵物) + ty→小動物→小的
- pet(寵物) + ty→寵物→小動物→小的
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- pettifogging:騙人的;瑣碎的,無用的;詭辯的。
- adv性質的同根詞
- pettily:卑鄙地;小氣地;瑣碎地;小型地。
- n性質的同根詞
- pettiness:瑣碎;卑鄙;小氣;微小。
- pettifogging:詭辯,欺騙。
- v性質的同根詞
- pettifogging:欺詐;詭辯(pettifog的ing形式)。
英汉例句
- It was a petty problem and they soon solved it.
這僅是一個小問題,他們很快就解決了。 - It was petty of her not to accept the apology.
她氣量太小,連道歉也不接受。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
用作定語: ~+ n.
用作表語: It is/was+~+of sb+to- v
词组短语
- petty commodities 小商品
- petty details 不重要的細節
- petty remark 小氣的話
- Tom Petty 湯姆·珮蒂;珮蒂;湯姆
- William Petty 威廉·配第;珮蒂;威廉配第
- Petty Romance 吝嗇羅曼史;談性不說愛;英文片名
用作形容詞 (adj.)
~+名詞
短語
英英字典
- not important and not worth giving attention to
- You can use petty to describe things such as problems, rules, or arguments that you think are unimportant or relate to unimportant things.
- If you describe someone's behaviour as petty, you mean that they care too much about small, unimportant things and perhaps that they are unnecessarily unkind.
- pettiness
- Petty is used of people or actions that are less important, serious, or great than others.
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