英语词汇“petty”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINpetty

Origin:

1300-1400 Old French peti ‘small’

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

a petty personal attack
Sometimes he can be so petty about money.
The meeting spent too much time on petty issues, and didn't address the real problem.
We started having arguments over petty little things.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

And how petty those ambitions were, really, besides my family's happiness.
But we kept pushing forward and we fought fair and we tried not to be petty.
I was too defiant to return to such an art school, so cramped, so bunged up with petty authority.
So can a person caged in corporate life begin to assume huge anxieties about petty annoyances.
The new courts were designed to relieve police courts of petty offences.
The sudden rivalries and petty jealousies.
This isn't about some petty artistic vendetta.

Longman Language Activatornot important► not important/unimportant

formal not likely to cause problems or to have an important effect on something: · "I forgot to add the olive oil." "Don't worry -- it's not important."· I don't want to waste time arguing over unimportant details.· It is not important that you understand everything at this stage.· Critics have dismissed his work as unimportant.

► minor

a minor problem, accident, disagreement etc is small and does not have a serious effect or result: · Two car windows were broken and minor damage was done to some shops.· She suffered some minor injuries in the accident.· We've had a few minor problems with the new computer system.

► insignificant/not significant

not important enough to worry about, especially because there are other problems that are much more serious: · The level of radiation was considered 'insignificant' and not a danger to health.· There is a slight difference in the way men and women are affected by the drug, but this is not really significant.· After a week of negotiations, the differences between the two sides are now relatively insignificant.· EU financiers say that recent problems on the US stock markets were not significant for Europe.

► petty

something such as a problem, argument, or worry that is petty is so unimportant that it seems silly or selfish for someone to talk or worry about: · We started having arguments over petty little things.· The meeting spent too much time on petty issues, and didn't address the real problem.

► trivial

unimportant and not serious, and not worth worrying about or spending time or effort on: · No, I don't think your question is trivial at all.· Why waste time watching trivial TV programs?· The issue of where the peace talks will be held may seem trivial, but to the participants it is very important.

► small

not important and not likely to take long to deal with or correct: · Your essay's very good -- there are just one or two small points I'd like to discuss.· There were a couple of small things I wanted to talk to you about.· We had a few small problems when we were putting the design together, but it works fine now.

► be of no importance

formal to not be important, and be unlikely to affect anything in a serious way: · If you're capable of doing the job, your age is of no importance.· These are small details and probably of no importance.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► petty crime

(=crime that is not very serious)· Immigrants were blamed for the increase in petty crime.

► petty jealousy

disapproving (=jealousy about unimportant things)· He quickly discovered the petty jealousies and gossip of village life.

► petty restrictions

(=that seem unreasonable and unnecessary)· The removal of petty restrictions has made it much easier to do business.

► petty rule

(=unreasonable rules about unimportant things)· There are hundreds of petty rules.

► petty theft

(=the stealing of something that is not very valuable)· There had been a rash of petty thefts in the hotel.

► petty thieves

They were nothing but petty thieves (=thieves who steal small things).

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► bourgeoisie

· An alliance between workers, peasants and petty bourgeoisie necessitates a bureaucratic authoritarian regime. 2.· I had better go now and pay my respects to the petty bourgeoisie.· Apart from farmers, even the old petty bourgeoisie have grown or remained stable as a proportion of the labour force.

► cash

· We now have to buy it from our petty cash.· This is not a buck here or a buck there in the petty cash till.· Completion and interpretation of petty cash transactions. 3 Materials and Stationery Use and control; methods of economy.· They are entered in the petty cash book.· These items are usually paid for out of the petty cash.· If you work in retailing, you may be asked to look after the petty cash.· Borrowing money from colleagues at work, petty cash, or from neighbours is a fast way of making yourself unpopular.

► commodity

· In other words, it seemed that as petty commodity traders these marketwomen were often unable even to reproduce their present conditions.· Marx himself might have viewed these small-scale marketers as resembling petty commodity producers more than petty capitalists.

► crime

· As the years had progressed a series of petty crimes had seen him in remand homes, borstals and finally prison.· Johnson had two prior convictions for residential burglaries and a history of petty crimes.· He has convictions there for a number of theft and similar petty crime offences since leaving St Patrick's.· How do three-strikers endure the thought of spending life in prison for a relatively petty crime?· If the government no longer differentiates between petty crime and murder, why should they?· Stretched to the limit ... police chief says petty crime is going unchecked.· There's petty crime and crime on a grand scale, well organised.

► criminal

· Before they met me, Steve and Paul were just petty criminals, didn't know nothing about nothing.· Amongst them were pickpockets, alcoholics, pimps, drug peddlers and other petty criminals.· Over the years several have been the victim of petty criminals.

► jealousy

· The sudden rivalries and petty jealousies.· Her petty jealousy and deep ambivalence about Dickinson explode through her schoolmarm prose.· Athelstan watched the scene around him and tried to keep his mind free of Benedicta and the petty jealousies which nagged him.· This bitter struggle was personified by the Soong family, for years rent by political differences and petty jealousies.

► officer

· You can earn advancement to leading cook and then to petty officer cook or caterer.· That other sailor was later identified as Jonathan Rushin, a 23-year-old petty officer third class.· He knew nothing about drill, but learned the necessary movements from books and soon gained promotion to chief petty officer.· A petty officer, his wife and three incredibly well-behaved children were first.· In all, four sailors were punished and three petty officers, including Wait, were removed from the Salt Lake City.· Mine hunting director petty officer Simmo Simmons calls up the image on to his table screen.

► theft

· The vast majority were, for example, petty thefts, acts of vandalism, and minor assaults.· They had petty thefts of eggs or a chicken, but no robbery.· There had been a rash of petty thefts in the hotel and we were all warned to be vigilant.· My background is petty theft and liquor store holdups and the usual drug junk.· In contrast, petty theft has a very low rate of reporting to the police, and a low detection rate.· So, you see, even these minor distinctions felt like petty theft.· This will tend to incline them toward petty theft.· In the dry parlance of a police report, it was nothing more than a petty theft.

► thief

· Most burglaries are the work of petty thieves on the look our for an easy opportunity.· Habitual petty thieves and drug addicts dumped on top of their already bulging caseload become their newest clients.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► petty crime

As the years had progressed a series of petty crimes had seen him in remand homes, borstals and finally prison.
He has convictions there for a number of theft and similar petty crime offences since leaving St Patrick's.
How do three-strikers endure the thought of spending life in prison for a relatively petty crime?
If the government no longer differentiates between petty crime and murder, why should they?
Johnson had two prior convictions for residential burglaries and a history of petty crimes.
Stretched to the limit ... police chief says petty crime is going unchecked.
There's petty crime and crime on a grand scale, well organised.

► petty criminal/thief etc

Amongst them were pickpockets, alcoholics, pimps, drug peddlers and other petty criminals.
Before they met me, Steve and Paul were just petty criminals, didn't know nothing about nothing.
Habitual petty thieves and drug addicts dumped on top of their already bulging caseload become their newest clients.
Most burglaries are the work of petty thieves on the look our for an easy opportunity.
Over the years several have been the victim of petty criminals.
The Home Secretary was not about to be seen as going soft on the petty criminal.

单词	petty
释义	pettypet‧ty /ˈpeti/ ●○○ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINpetty Origin: 1300-1400 Old French peti ‘small’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a petty personal attack Sometimes he can be so petty about money. The meeting spent too much time on petty issues, and didn't address the real problem. We started having arguments over petty little things. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And how petty those ambitions were, really, besides my family's happiness. But we kept pushing forward and we fought fair and we tried not to be petty. I was too defiant to return to such an art school, so cramped, so bunged up with petty authority. So can a person caged in corporate life begin to assume huge anxieties about petty annoyances. The new courts were designed to relieve police courts of petty offences. The sudden rivalries and petty jealousies. This isn't about some petty artistic vendetta. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatornot important► not important/unimportant formal not likely to cause problems or to have an important effect on something: · "I forgot to add the olive oil." "Don't worry -- it's not important."· I don't want to waste time arguing over unimportant details.· It is not important that you understand everything at this stage.· Critics have dismissed his work as unimportant. ► minor a minor problem, accident, disagreement etc is small and does not have a serious effect or result: · Two car windows were broken and minor damage was done to some shops.· She suffered some minor injuries in the accident.· We've had a few minor problems with the new computer system. ► insignificant/not significant not important enough to worry about, especially because there are other problems that are much more serious: · The level of radiation was considered 'insignificant' and not a danger to health.· There is a slight difference in the way men and women are affected by the drug, but this is not really significant.· After a week of negotiations, the differences between the two sides are now relatively insignificant.· EU financiers say that recent problems on the US stock markets were not significant for Europe. ► petty something such as a problem, argument, or worry that is petty is so unimportant that it seems silly or selfish for someone to talk or worry about: · We started having arguments over petty little things.· The meeting spent too much time on petty issues, and didn't address the real problem. ► trivial unimportant and not serious, and not worth worrying about or spending time or effort on: · No, I don't think your question is trivial at all.· Why waste time watching trivial TV programs?· The issue of where the peace talks will be held may seem trivial, but to the participants it is very important. ► small not important and not likely to take long to deal with or correct: · Your essay's very good -- there are just one or two small points I'd like to discuss.· There were a couple of small things I wanted to talk to you about.· We had a few small problems when we were putting the design together, but it works fine now. ► be of no importance formal to not be important, and be unlikely to affect anything in a serious way: · If you're capable of doing the job, your age is of no importance.· These are small details and probably of no importance. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► petty crime (=crime that is not very serious)· Immigrants were blamed for the increase in petty crime. ► petty jealousy disapproving (=jealousy about unimportant things)· He quickly discovered the petty jealousies and gossip of village life. ► petty restrictions (=that seem unreasonable and unnecessary)· The removal of petty restrictions has made it much easier to do business. ► petty rule (=unreasonable rules about unimportant things)· There are hundreds of petty rules. ► petty theft (=the stealing of something that is not very valuable)· There had been a rash of petty thefts in the hotel. ► petty thieves They were nothing but petty thieves (=thieves who steal small things). COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► bourgeoisie · An alliance between workers, peasants and petty bourgeoisie necessitates a bureaucratic authoritarian regime. 2.· I had better go now and pay my respects to the petty bourgeoisie.· Apart from farmers, even the old petty bourgeoisie have grown or remained stable as a proportion of the labour force. ► cash · We now have to buy it from our petty cash.· This is not a buck here or a buck there in the petty cash till.· Completion and interpretation of petty cash transactions. 3 Materials and Stationery Use and control; methods of economy.· They are entered in the petty cash book.· These items are usually paid for out of the petty cash.· If you work in retailing, you may be asked to look after the petty cash.· Borrowing money from colleagues at work, petty cash, or from neighbours is a fast way of making yourself unpopular. ► commodity · In other words, it seemed that as petty commodity traders these marketwomen were often unable even to reproduce their present conditions.· Marx himself might have viewed these small-scale marketers as resembling petty commodity producers more than petty capitalists. ► crime · As the years had progressed a series of petty crimes had seen him in remand homes, borstals and finally prison.· Johnson had two prior convictions for residential burglaries and a history of petty crimes.· He has convictions there for a number of theft and similar petty crime offences since leaving St Patrick's.· How do three-strikers endure the thought of spending life in prison for a relatively petty crime?· If the government no longer differentiates between petty crime and murder, why should they?· Stretched to the limit ... police chief says petty crime is going unchecked.· There's petty crime and crime on a grand scale, well organised. ► criminal · Before they met me, Steve and Paul were just petty criminals, didn't know nothing about nothing.· Amongst them were pickpockets, alcoholics, pimps, drug peddlers and other petty criminals.· Over the years several have been the victim of petty criminals. ► jealousy · The sudden rivalries and petty jealousies.· Her petty jealousy and deep ambivalence about Dickinson explode through her schoolmarm prose.· Athelstan watched the scene around him and tried to keep his mind free of Benedicta and the petty jealousies which nagged him.· This bitter struggle was personified by the Soong family, for years rent by political differences and petty jealousies. ► officer · You can earn advancement to leading cook and then to petty officer cook or caterer.· That other sailor was later identified as Jonathan Rushin, a 23-year-old petty officer third class.· He knew nothing about drill, but learned the necessary movements from books and soon gained promotion to chief petty officer.· A petty officer, his wife and three incredibly well-behaved children were first.· In all, four sailors were punished and three petty officers, including Wait, were removed from the Salt Lake City.· Mine hunting director petty officer Simmo Simmons calls up the image on to his table screen. ► theft · The vast majority were, for example, petty thefts, acts of vandalism, and minor assaults.· They had petty thefts of eggs or a chicken, but no robbery.· There had been a rash of petty thefts in the hotel and we were all warned to be vigilant.· My background is petty theft and liquor store holdups and the usual drug junk.· In contrast, petty theft has a very low rate of reporting to the police, and a low detection rate.· So, you see, even these minor distinctions felt like petty theft.· This will tend to incline them toward petty theft.· In the dry parlance of a police report, it was nothing more than a petty theft. ► thief · Most burglaries are the work of petty thieves on the look our for an easy opportunity.· Habitual petty thieves and drug addicts dumped on top of their already bulging caseload become their newest clients. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► petty crime As the years had progressed a series of petty crimes had seen him in remand homes, borstals and finally prison. He has convictions there for a number of theft and similar petty crime offences since leaving St Patrick's. How do three-strikers endure the thought of spending life in prison for a relatively petty crime? If the government no longer differentiates between petty crime and murder, why should they? Johnson had two prior convictions for residential burglaries and a history of petty crimes. Stretched to the limit ... police chief says petty crime is going unchecked. There's petty crime and crime on a grand scale, well organised. ► petty criminal/thief etc Amongst them were pickpockets, alcoholics, pimps, drug peddlers and other petty criminals. Before they met me, Steve and Paul were just petty criminals, didn't know nothing about nothing. Habitual petty thieves and drug addicts dumped on top of their already bulging caseload become their newest clients. Most burglaries are the work of petty thieves on the look our for an easy opportunity. Over the years several have been the victim of petty criminals. The Home Secretary was not about to be seen as going soft on the petty criminal. 1a petty problem, detail etc is small and unimportant SYN trivial: petty squabbles petty restrictions2unkind and caring too much about small unimportant things: How can she be so petty? petty jealousy and spitefulness3petty crime a crime that is not serious, for example stealing things that are not very valuable4petty criminal/thief etc a criminal whose crimes are not very serious5a petty official is not important – used especially when they use their power as if they were important: Some petty bureaucrat wanted all the documents in triplicate.—pettiness noun [uncountable]: the pettiness of Hollywood
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