piddling

英 [ˈpɪdlɪŋ]

美 [ˈpɪdlɪŋ]

adj.  琐碎的; 鸡毛蒜皮的
v.  撒尿
piddle的现在分词

现在分词：piddling　

GRE

BNC.42982 / COCA.32291

牛津词典

adj.

• 琐碎的；鸡毛蒜皮的
  small and unimportant

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 微不足道的；无关紧要的
  Piddlingmeans small or unimportant.
  1. ...arguing over piddling amounts of money.
     为一点小钱争吵

英英释义

adj

• (informal) small and of little importance
  1. a fiddling sum of money
  2. a footling gesture
  3. our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
  4. a little (or small) matter
  5. a dispute over niggling details
  6. limited to petty enterprises
  7. piffling efforts
  8. giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction
  Synonym:fiddlingfootlinglilliputianlittlenigglingpifflingpettypicayunetrivial

双语例句

• Their proposals to deal with the situation are piddling in comparison with the problem.
  比起巨大的问题来，他们的解决建议不足道。
• Generally, Scarlett would not have cared whether she received at Melly's piddling parties or not.
  在通常情况下，思嘉并不在意是否在媚兰举办的家宴上参加接待客人。
• It's annoying to have to get authorization for spending such piddling amounts of money.
  花这麽一点钱也要去请示，真烦人。
• In a huge bull market they wind up with piddling profits, only to watch their former holdings soar.
  在巨大的上涨行情中，他们以小的利益抛售目前持有的飞涨的股票。
• Exports were higher this year, though still piddling, at less than$ 1 billion.
  尽管数目不大，今年出口还是增加了，近10亿美元。
• Why don't you get on with some work instead of piddling away the whole morning doing nothing?
  你难道不能找点事做做，而不是整个上午闲混过去吗？
• I don't want to hear all the piddling little details!
  我不想听那些琐碎的事！
• They gave me piddling little jobs to do.
  他们让我干一些琐碎的杂活儿。