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Don't bug me with petty details.别拿些琐事来烦我。He got the sack for petty thieving.他因微小窃盗遭到了解雇。Prisoners complain that they are subjected to too many petty rules and restrictions.犯人们抱怨他们受到太多条条框框的管制。Life was riddled with petty privation.生活因缺这少那弄得狼狈不堪。Britain is suffering an epidemic of petty crime.英国现在频频发生轻度犯罪活动。Don't be so petty.别那么小气。This bar is famous as a haunt of petty criminals.该酒吧以经常有小混混出没而出名。We started having arguments over petty little things.我们开始为一些小事争吵。To an outsider, the issues that we fight about would seem almost laughably petty.对局外人来说，我们为之抗争的这些议题可能看上去无关痛痒，几近滑稽。The meeting spent too much time on petty issues, and didn't address the real problem.这个会议在无关紧要的问题上花了太多时间，而没有处理实质问题。A leaking roof is just one of life's petty annoyances.屋顶漏水只是生活中的一小件烦心事。Take the money for stamps out of petty cash.从小额现金里拿出钱来买邮票。An epidemic of petty crime has hit the area.该地区的小案件已经泛滥成灾。His administration was plagued by one petty scandal after another, cumulatively very damaging.一桩又一桩的小丑闻困扰着他的政府，产生越来越坏的影响。My behavior was petty and stupid. I apologize.我的做法又小气又愚蠢，我为此道歉。Neale is finishing a three-month sentence for petty theft.尼尔因轻微偷窃被判三个月徒刑，正在服刑。He was miserable all the time and rows would start over petty things.他总是愁眉苦脸的，常因小事发怒。They never stooped to petty manoeuvres.他们从不会卑劣到耍弄小花招。He was a successful basketball coach, but many people regarded him as a petty despot.他是个成功的篮球教练，但很多人视他为小霸王。But these were petty details.可这些都是细枝末节。Kenworthy had run him in on a petty charge.肯沃西以一项微不足道的指控为由将他拘捕了。Their delegation threw a giant monkey wrench into the process this week by raising all sorts of petty objections.他们的代表团本周提出了各种细枝末节的反对意见，极在地阻挠了进程。Wilson was not a man who dealt with petty officials.威尔逊不是个与小官小吏打交道的人。The meeting degenerated into petty squabbling.会议变成了无聊的扯皮。We could waste an awful lot of time niggling over petty details.对琐碎的细节吹毛求疵会浪费我们很多的时间。I didn't want to get caught up in endless petty arguments.我可不想卷入这无休止的鸡毛蒜皮的争吵中。I don't want to get caught up in some petty argument with you.我可不想因一些小事和你吵嘴。!The party split into petty factions.该党分成若干小派系。We are fettered by petty bureaucracy.我们受到小官僚的束缚。A team of officers is trawling through the records of thousands of petty thieves.一组警员正在翻查数以千计的小偷小摸者的犯罪记录。We have important issues to deal with, but these petty arguments keep getting in the way.我们有很多重要的事情要办，但这些小纠纷总妨碍着我们。The removal of petty restrictions has made life easier.一些琐碎的规定取消后生活更自在了。Don't chop logic like a petty sessions lawyer. Let's come to the point.别像简易法庭的律师那样咬文嚼字啦。让我们抓住要点谈吧。On the rare occasions when he was angry, Lowry could be spiteful and petty.劳里偶尔生气时会充满恶意、心胸狭窄。There were so many petty rules and regulations that some companies stopped trying to export their products.琐碎的规章制度那么多，有些公司干脆就不去出口自己的产品了。Some petty bureaucrat wanted all the documents in triplicate.有些小官僚就希望所有文件都一式三份。He had a petty bourgeois streak in him.他有点小资产阶级味道。Some of the prison officers were petty tyrants.有些狱警是小暴君。It was a bit petty to make me apologize to everyone.让我向所有人道歉真是有点小题大做了。He often tasks his mind with petty details.他常常为微不足道的琐事而殚思极虑。 |