petty ['peti]
参考词典中petty的常规释义：
基本释义
- adj. 小的, 不重要的, 小规模的, 小型的, 细微的, 小器的, 卑鄙的
词形变化
- 比较级：pet·ti·er, pet·ti·est名 词：pet'ti·ness副 词：pet'ti·ly
常用短语
- petty bourgeoisie
n. 小资产阶级 - petty cash
n. 零用现金 - petty jury
n. 小陪审团 - petty larceny
轻盗窃罪 petty larceny n. 小窃盗罪 - petty officer
n. (海军的)士官, 公务员 - petty juror
【法】 小陪审团成员 - chief petty officer
上士
- petty bourgeoisie
参考例句
- He graduated from petty theft to bank robbery.
他从小偷小摸发展到抢劫银行。 - Gossip:sociologist on a mean and petty scale.
喜欢散布流言蜚语者——一班卑鄙而又微不足道的社会学家。 - Don't bother me with such petty things.
不要用这种小事情烦我。 - He's petty sneak thief.
他是个吝啬的小偷。 - Her petty complaints really gripe me.
她唠叨的抱怨真的弄得我心烦
- He graduated from petty theft to bank robbery.
英英解释
1个名词解释
- larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
[同] petit larceny, petty, petty larceny
[反] grand larceny, grand theft
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- inferior in rank or status
[同] inferior, junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary, subaltern, subordinate
[例]- the junior faculty
- a lowly corporal
- petty officialdom
- a subordinate functionary
- (informal) small and of little importance
[同] fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial
[例]- 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
- a dispute over niggling details
- limited to petty ent
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- contemptibly narrow in outlook
[同] petty, small-minded
[例]- petty little comments
- disgusted with their small-minded pettiness
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