pettiness

[美]/'petinis/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 琐碎,小气,卑鄙
词形变化

例句

She couldn't stand the pettiness of office politics.

她无法忍受办公室政治的琐碎。

Don't waste your energy on pettiness; focus on the bigger picture.

不要把精力浪费在琐碎之事上,专注于更重要的事情。

His pettiness often leads to unnecessary conflicts with others.

他的小气经常导致与他人不必要的冲突。

Let's rise above pettiness and work together towards a common goal.

让我们超越小气,共同努力实现共同目标。

I can't believe she would stoop to such pettiness just to get back at him.

我无法相信她会堕落到如此小气的程度,只是为了报复他。

His pettiness is holding him back from forming meaningful relationships.

他的小气阻碍了他建立有意义的关系。

Let go of the pettiness and focus on what truly matters in life.

放下琐碎,专注于生活中真正重要的事情。

Her pettiness is a reflection of her insecurities and lack of self-confidence.

她的小气反映了她的不安全感和缺乏自信。

We need to address the pettiness within the team to improve collaboration and productivity.

我们需要解决团队内部的琐碎问题,以提高合作和生产力。

The pettiness of their arguments is overshadowing the real issues at hand.

他们争论的琐碎问题掩盖了真正的问题。

原声例句

Mutual pettiness can bring people together, too.

一些小的共同话题也能让人们走到一起。

来源: Crash Course: Business in the Workplace

For an employee to deny such a conference shows pettiness and resentment.

对于一名员工来说,拒绝参加这样的离职谈话是小气和怨恨的表现。

来源: The Economist - Business

We're tough, we're wise, and we're way above this pettiness.

我们坚强睿智 并非空有好皮囊。

来源: Super Girl Season 2 S02

Admit that there was then less egotism and less pettiness.

承认那时没有那么多的自负和小气。

来源: The Red and the Black (Part Three)

One Facebook user asked, " Why are we accepting this immaturity and pettiness to be the state of American politics? "

“为什么美国的政治进程非得用这种幼稚和卑鄙的手段进行?”

来源: VOA Special June 2016 Collection

I thank God for that moment of happiness: for showing me my pettiness and my greatness.

我为那一刻的幸福感谢上帝:让我看到我的渺小和伟大。

来源: The Biography of Tolstoy

I keep things moving in a Congress choked by pettiness and lassitude.

我负责在党间斗争的国会中 推动议案。

来源: House of Cards season 1

And can I get over the pettiness and overlook things and ease back a little bit?

我可以克服琐事而忽视事情并放松一点吗?

来源: Hey Steven

Overridden by military methods and bureaucratic pettiness, Prussia was only beginning to free her hands from internal bonds.

普鲁士被军事手段和官僚主义所压倒, 才刚刚开始摆脱内部束缚。

来源: The Education of Henry Adams (Volume 1)

Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.

党派之争、琐碎幼稚,长期以来这些东西荼毒了我们的政坛。

来源: Celebrity Speech Compilation

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