petty / ˈpɛt i /

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petty 的定义

adj. 形容词 adjective

pet·ti·er, pet·ti·est.

  1. of little or no importance or consequence: petty grievances.
  2. of lesser or secondary importance, merit, etc.; minor: petty considerations.
  3. having or showing narrow ideas, interests, etc.: petty minds.
  4. mean or ungenerous in small or trifling things: a petty person.
  5. showing or caused by meanness of spirit: a petty revenge.
  6. of secondary rank, especially in relation to others of the same class or kind: petty states; a petty tyrant.

petty 近义词

adj. 形容词 adjective

trivial, insignificant

更多petty例句

  1. Look, of course it makes celebrities look weak and petty to get all het up about Chris Discourse now — Now!
  2. For another, many of the alleged crimes, like petty theft, are not that serious—while others aren’t specified at all.
  3. What she is watching is mostly petty trivialities, and the power of the novel comes from Batuman’s ability to render those trivialities worthwhile.
  4. Imagine a president using that awesome power again for good rather than for exacting petty revenge on real and imagined enemies.
  5. Another employee reported Carson searched a school site looking for employees mishandling petty cash.
  6. Petty, shade, and thirst are my favorite human “virtues” and the trifecta of any good series of “stories.”
  7. In no way, he said, did Brown deserve to die for what began as petty theft.
  8. No more cynically cutting opposition candidates out of a district for petty political purposes.
  9. Of how incredibly petty the offense can be and how insanely disproportionate the retaliation can be.
  10. But when the end result is tens of millions raised, do the shades of vanity or petty grudges truly matter?
  11. Aunty Rosa had credited him in the past with petty cunning and stratagem that had never entered into his head.
  12. On the 25th of November following the magistrates began to sit daily at Petty Sessions.
  13. He became the low-born, petty tradesman, using the language of the hands of his jam factory.
  14. He would give them money to return to their lines and for petty expenses en route.
  15. Of the numerous petty divinities which watched over the child's early years we have already given some account.