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

piffling

/ˈpɪflɪŋ

adjective informal

Trivial; unimportant: it was recorded in a basement for a piffling two grand...

Australia itself does not even have any long bridges - the longest in the country is still the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which is absolutely piffling by international standards.
This amounts to a piffling seventy pence per grand invested per year - wow, I'd like some of that!
It's left mostly to the actors to bring the premise to life, recreating the piffling small talk, self-congratulation and unease that are the chump change of real-life social intercourse.

Synonyms

inadequate, insufficient, tiny, small, minimal, trifling, paltry, pitiful;

miserly, miserable;

negligible, token, nominal;

insulting, derisory, contemptible, outrageous;

ridiculous, laughable, ludicrous, risible, preposterous, absurd

informal measly, stingy, lousy, pathetic, piddling, mingy, poxy

North American informal nickel-and-dime

单词	piffling
释义	piffling /ˈpɪflɪŋ / adjective informal Trivial; unimportant: it was recorded in a basement for a piffling two grand... Australia itself does not even have any long bridges - the longest in the country is still the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which is absolutely piffling by international standards. This amounts to a piffling seventy pence per grand invested per year - wow, I'd like some of that! It's left mostly to the actors to bring the premise to life, recreating the piffling small talk, self-congratulation and unease that are the chump change of real-life social intercourse. Synonyms inadequate, insufficient, tiny, small, minimal, trifling, paltry, pitiful; miserly, miserable; negligible, token, nominal; insulting, derisory, contemptible, outrageous; ridiculous, laughable, ludicrous, risible, preposterous, absurd informal measly, stingy, lousy, pathetic, piddling, mingy, poxy North American informal nickel-and-dime
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