petty

petty

美 [ˈpeti] 　英 ['peti]

• n.佩蒂；【会】小额；厕所
• adj.小的；琐碎的；次要的；小气的
• 网络细小的；器量小的；不足道的

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

那些贪官污吏起初只是想占点小便宜，而后来则变得只能说是贪得无厌。

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

海军上士因为我的年纪已大并且在这种不利的条件下去进行这样的潜水而发愁。

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

奥巴马说，他不希望看到他所说的“政治把戏”阻碍改革。

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

在支付完去研讨会的旅费后，我们还剩下多少零用金？

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.

那个交警很可惜啊，居然被两个偷电缆的小东西给搞翻了。

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

无政府主义是一种产生于欧洲的小资产阶级政治思潮。

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

他说，年轻人听到这个要求之后，他卑微的欲望被挑了起来。

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

他的丑陋处罚是琐碎的和有报仇心的，如同当他诅咒的时候，他在他的精神之后呼叫掐丑陋一样。

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.

他们已经附属于残忍暴行和琐碎权力所带来的微不足道的报酬，以致于他们完全不记得如何以另一种方式存在。

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

公司的会计应该从公司的零用现金中准备出水、茶和咖啡的费用。

Some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small.

有人认为我们的政治制度是如此的微不足道，因为在和平年代，我们所争论的话题都是无关紧要的。

Do not like the petty bourgeoisie taste, so not to any bar, like the natural style, like a lonely person, so go to reservoirs.

不喜欢小资情调，所以不去anybar，喜欢自然风格，喜欢一个人的孤单，所以去水库。

Sorry. Fire regulations. Should've gotten here earlier. This is nothing but a blatant abuse of power by a petty functionary.

抱歉，我们得遵守消防条例，你们应该早点来的。这是一种典型的，拿根鸡毛当令箭的行为。

True. But it just seems petty not to give her one. I'd rather follow the golden rule: Treat others as you want them to treat you.

那是事实，如果我们不送红包给他，这似乎显得我们有点心胸狭窄。我倒愿意遵循一些乡规民俗，你想别人怎样善待你，你就怎样善待别人。

See how much he has remembered! What should be remembered is not remembered. All he's remembered are nothing but such petty things.

该记的不记，记住的都是什么乱七八糟的东西啊。

This is a country, after all, that this year risked all-out war with Thailand in a petty spat over a bit of disputed borderland.

毕竟，这个国家今年与泰国因边界问题的小摩擦差点爆发战争。

I knew you'd try to find something wrong with my comet, Lisa. You've always been petty and small, right from the beginning.

我知道你一直在找我彗星的麻烦，丽萨，你刚才真是美丽小巧。

Police charged an 89-year-old Ohio woman with petty theft after she refused to give back a neighbor's football that ended up in her yard.

警方以轻微盗窃罪起诉一名89岁的俄亥俄州妇女，她拒绝归还邻居落入她院子中的足球。

It was also agreed that no violence would be permitted in these cities and that petty criminals of all types were to be discouraged.

此外，大家还同意：在这两个城市里，绝不允许暴力行动，形形色色的小刑事犯一定要加以制止。

You have brilliantly managed to identify all the petty-minded whingers who do nothing but moan all day.

你明智地发现了所有小心眼的员工，他们整天无所事事，只会抱怨。

The petty quarrels were a sad commentary on the state of the government.

这些鸡毛蒜皮的争吵说明了政府的状况很糟糕。

Their lives seemed to me so petty, so slavish.

他们的生活在我看来是那样卑微，那么俗气。

But these petty unfair tricks would avail them nothing.

可是这些小小的鬼蜮伎俩救不了他们的命。

Petty pilfering is on the increase in super market.

超市里的小偷小摸现象日见增多。

She felt boxed in by all their petty rules.

她觉得被他们的琐碎规章束缚住了手脚。

Over the last several years the man had been caught with drugs and committed a few petty offenses, the police confirmed.

警方证实他在过去几年里，曾多次因为毒品和轻微犯罪被抓。

It turned out there had been a lot of petty thefts in the area, particularly that of stealing milk bottles from doorsteps.

事情原来是这样的，在这一地区多次发生小的扒窃案，特别是从门前台阶上偷走牛奶瓶。

He had never been willing to engage personally in the petty harassment by which this strategy was implemented.

这一计谋是通过对我搞小动作来实现的，但他本人从来不愿亲自卷进去。

This promising young lad then plunged into a life of petty crime and was one of the founding members of the Shawpee street gang.

然后，这个有前途的小男孩儿过起了小偷小摸的生活，成为肖皮街头匪帮的创始成员之一。

Russian laws on extremism and 'petty hooliganism' have been used to limit political speech and personal attacks against Mr. Putin.

俄罗斯有关极端行为和“轻微流氓行为”的法律曾被用来压制政治言论和针对普京的人身攻击。

"When a man becomes grumpy or irritable, it's easy to blame work or simply the effects of aging, " says Petty.

佩蒂说：“当男人变得暴躁或易怒时，我们往往把原因归咎于工作或仅仅是年龄大了。”

It should also be noted how much money could be saved by not incarcerating so many people who break petty laws.

应该注意到通过不关押轻微犯罪的人可以节省多少钱。

Says Kyle Petty, "It" s like running into a valley of nothing but people.

凯尔说零用“，就好像碰见了山谷无非人民”；

I feel that you are just a petty burglar, does the wild diagram break emperor Ling and use to curse Shu to kill me?

我觉得你不过是个跳梁小丑罢了，妄图去破坏皇陵，用诅咒术杀我？

Deng Yan-da was a strong fighter in the Chinese democratic revolution and a representative figure of the radical petty bourgeoisie.

邓演达是民主革命的坚强斗士，小资产阶级激进分子的代表人物。

Selfishness, cruelty, hatred, possessiveness, petty jealousy. All those qualities came out in us just because we loved each other.

自私，残忍，仇恨，强烈的独占欲，为一点小事吃醋。所有这些在我们身上发作只是因为我们深爱着对方。

Zhou came through to Kissinger as subtle, brilliant, and indirect, a politician of vision who refused to get bogged down in petty detail.

在基辛格的眼里，周恩来敏锐、聪慧而含蓄，是一位目光远大、不拘泥于小节的政治家。

I seem to be a very petty and stingy fellow for saying this.

这么说，我似乎是一个很小气、很吝啬的人。

But be probably to chat once in a while to make petty action one people who finishes class but is only sits in boredom and the like.

大概是偶尔聊天做点小动作之类，而下课却只是一个人枯坐。

When good things happened for her professionally, I was surprised to find that I was happy for her (and believe me, I can be petty).

当有好事发生在她身上时，我也会跟着快乐（相信我，我是真的很快乐）。

It was a petty argument. But if he could scream now, I wouldn't say a word. I'd just listen to the sound of his voice.

但如果此时此刻他可以对着我嚷嚷的话，我不会再回击一句，我只想听到他的声音。

It would seem that Leviathan tired of such petty strife, and set off on his own, loyal only to his abyssal god, Maelrawn the Tentacular.

利维坦似乎厌倦了这些琐碎的小冲突，便独自离开了，只效忠于他的深海之神-深渊触手漩涡魔神。

To a man of practice, the five aggregates are actually empty. The worldly affairs and things are petty.

对修行者而言，五蕴皆空，世俗的事与物都不是那么重要的。

A few years later, when he was thirty, Wang became a monk, and a very good monk he was! He let go of all his petty worries.

过了几年，三十岁的时候，王出了家，他成为了一个了不起的僧人！

In the early 1990s New York hired thousands of extra police officers and told them to crack down on petty offenders in high-crime areas.

上世纪90年代初，纽约市聘请了数千名超编制的警察，责令他们在高犯罪地区严打鸡零狗碎的轻微犯罪分子。