petty的意思和读音

petty

: [ˈpeti] : ['peti]

n.;【

adj.

pettier  pettiest  

adj.+n.petty cash,petty crime,petty thief,petty criminal

adj.important,generous

adj.trivial,unimportant,inconsequential,insignificant,minor

pettyadj.

1.[ubn]small and unimportant

petty squabbles

petty crime/theft(= that is not very serious)

a petty criminal/thief

a petty bureaucrat/official(= who does not have much power or authority, although they might pretend to)

2.caring too much about small and unimportant matters, especially when this is unkind to other people

How could you be so petty?

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n.1.2.3.

adj.1.not important and not worth worrying about2.unpleasant to someone because you care too much about something that is not really important3.minor

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1.Those corrupt officials went from the desire to gain petty advantages to what can only be described as greed.便

2.The Chief Petty Officer was furious at me for making such a dive, at my age, and in not very good condition.

3.Mr. Obama said he does not want to see - what he called - "petty politics" get in the way of reform.

4.How much petty cash do we have left after paying for the trip to the conference?

5.It was a pity, that cop. Out of all kinds of dangers, he was done in by two petty thieves trying to steal electric cables.西

6.The anarchism is one kind of political ideological trend of the petty bourgeoisie which came into being in Europe.

7.he said that the young man's petty desires were pricked upon hearing such a request.

8.His punishments of Caliban are petty and vindictive, as he calls upon his spirits to pinch Caliban when he curses.

9.They had become so attached to the meager rewards of cruelty and petty power that they did not even remember how to be any other way.

10.The company accountant will probably allow the cost of water, tea and coffee out of the company's petty cash.