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trivial

/triv-ee-uhl/US // ˈtrɪv i əl //UK // (ˈtrɪvɪəl) //

琐碎,琐碎的,琐事,小事一桩

Related Words

superficial表面上的,表面的,表面上,表面petty小气,小气的,小气鬼,琐碎paltry微不足道,微不足道的,渺小,渺小的insignificant不重要的,无足轻重,无关紧要,微不足道的immaterial非物质,不重要,非物质的,不重要的inconsequential不重要的,无关紧要的,无关紧要,不重要meaningless无意义,无意义的,没有意义,没有意义的unimportant不重要,不重要的,不要紧,不关痛痒commonplace平凡的,平凡,平凡的事,平凡的事物negligible可忽略不计,可以忽略不计,微不足道,可忽略不计的minor未成年,小型,小型的,未成年人trite陈词滥调,老套的,陈词滥调的,陈腐的incidental偶然的,附带的,偶发性的,偶发的irrelevant不相关,不相干,不相关的,不相干的frivolous无聊的,无聊,轻薄,轻浮atomic原子,原子能,原子线,原子力beside the point不言而喻,不在话下,不足为奇,不足为外人道也diminutive缩略语,矮小的,缩微,矮小evanescent飘渺的,飘忽不定,飘渺,飘忽不定的everyday每天,每日,日常,每天都有

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of very little importance or value; insignificant: Don't bother me with trivial matters.
    • : commonplace; ordinary.
    • : Biology. specific, as distinguished from generic.
    • : Mathematics. noting a solution of an equation in which the value of every variable of the equation is equal to zero. simple, transparent, or immediately evident.
    • : Chemistry. derived from the natural source, or of historic origin, and not according to the systematic nomenclature: Picric acid is the trivial name of 2,4,6-trinitrophenol.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.not important
Synonyms
commonplace平凡的,平凡,平凡的事,平凡的事物frivolous无聊的,无聊,轻薄,轻浮immaterial非物质,不重要,非物质的,不重要的incidental偶然的,附带的,偶发性的,偶发的inconsequential不重要的,无关紧要的,无关紧要,不重要insignificant不重要的,无足轻重,无关紧要,微不足道的irrelevant不相关,不相干,不相关的,不相干的meaningless无意义,无意义的,没有意义,没有意义的minor未成年,小型,小型的,未成年人negligible可忽略不计,可以忽略不计,微不足道,可忽略不计的paltry微不足道,微不足道的,渺小,渺小的petty小气,小气的,小气鬼,琐碎superficial表面上的,表面的,表面上,表面trite陈词滥调,老套的,陈词滥调的,陈腐的unimportant不重要,不重要的,不要紧,不关痛痒atomic原子,原子能,原子线,原子力beside the point不言而喻,不在话下,不足为奇,不足为外人道也diminutive缩略语,矮小的,缩微,矮小evanescent飘渺的,飘忽不定,飘渺,飘忽不定的everyday每天,每日,日常,每天都有flimsy单薄,单薄的,脆弱的,薄薄的inappreciable难能可贵,不值一提,不值钱,不值钱的inconsiderable微不足道,不足道,不足为奇,不足道的little少许,少,少量,少少meager微薄的,微薄,微不足道,微不足道的mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是microscopic微观,显微,显微镜下,显微镜minute分,分数,分分钟,分别momentary瞬间,瞬间的,瞬时,暂时的nonessential非必要的,非必要,非必需的,非必需品nugatory无用的,无效的,虚无缥缈的,虚无缥缈of no account毫无意义,不值一提,不值一哂,不足为奇piddling琐碎的,琐碎,琐事,琐碎的事情puny弱小的,弱小,矮小的,弱不禁风scanty微薄的,稀少的,轻微的,微薄skin-deep肤浅的,肤浅的人,肤浅,深入浅出slight纤细的,纤细,纤弱的,纤微small小,小型,小的,小型的trifling琐碎的,琐碎,琐碎的事,琐事valueless无价值,无价值的,无价,毫无价值vanishing消失的,消失,消失了,消失的人worthless一文不值,一文不值的,一钱不值,无用的

Examples

  • We are not talking about a trivial difference over policy — or even a major one.

  • Leaving your camera off for a call you don’t need to be visible for makes for a small — but not trivial — savings in carbon emissions.

  • It just has to be a non-trivial cost for someone who was on the margin.

  • That would be so regardless of how much the aliens shattered the beliefs people held about their own societies, whose beloved differences would look trivial by comparison to those with the Little Green Men.

  • The axion has all the right properties, which is not trivial at all.

  • And more trivial modifications like altering bodily odors and promoting a healthy lifestyle.

  • Harping about a Republican war on women while wages stagnate and growth sputters is trivial and desperate.

  • The most riveting stories so far deal with trivial matters that sound like deleted scenes from a George Costanza fever dream.

  • Seemingly trivial facts gathered from a variety of experiences can change the course of a future narrative.

  • Clarification: in a country with vile, daily crimes against women it is wrong for privileged women to file trivial cases.

  • Never did events of the utmost magnitude hinge on incidents so trivial to the community at large.

  • They merely used such instruments as fate offered, however trivial, however clumsy.

  • If she ignored his note it would give undue importance to a trivial affair.

  • They were little reasons, trivial grains of offence which through long years had accumulated into a mountain.

  • His secret thoughts he buried beneath a continuous mental preoccupation with the vain and the trivial.

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