形容詞
4. Authority was distributed among hundreds of petty leaders.
職權(quán)由數(shù)百名小頭頭分掌。
4. 小的:petty pilferage 小竊 | petty 小的 | petvalve 試水旋塞
1. 微不足道的;不重要的
You can use petty to describe things such as problems, rules, or arguments which you think are unimportant or relate to unimportant things.
e.g. He was miserable all the time and rows would start over petty things.
他總是愁眉苦臉的,常因小事發(fā)怒。
e.g. ...endless rules and petty regulations...
沒完沒了的規(guī)則和繁復(fù)瑣碎的規(guī)定
2. 小題大做的;過于關(guān)注瑣事的
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.
e.g. He was petty-minded and obsessed with detail...
他小肚雞腸,滿腦子都是雞毛蒜皮的事兒。
e.g. I think that attitude is a bit petty.
我覺得那種態(tài)度有點小題大做。
3. 下級的;次要的;小規(guī)模的
Petty is used of people or actions that are less important, serious, or great than others.
petty
e.g. Wilson was not a man who dealt with petty officials.
威爾遜不是個與小官小吏打交道的人。
e.g. ...petty crime, such as handbag-snatching and minor break-ins.
搶手提包和入室盜竊等輕罪