adj. 1.为小事操心的。 2.麻烦的。 3.(工作等)难办的;(字等)潦草难认的。 n. 麻烦事。 petty niggling 打小算盘。
(informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction" 同义词:fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial,
例句与用法
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The matter is too small to be worth niggling over . 小小不言的事,不必计较。
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What should a russian-free afghanistan be called? this is no niggle . 一个撤走了俄国人的阿富汗该叫什么呢?这可不是小题大作。
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Surely, i thought, the messiah himselfif he should ever comewon't niggle over nickels and dimes . 毫无疑问,我想即使弥赛本人出面,他也不会如此铁面无私。
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She niggled over every detail of the bill 她对账单的每一项目都仔细查算。
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Stop niggling about every penny we spend 别再为我们花的每个小钱费心思了
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A pointless dispute over niggling details 在琐碎小事上的一次无礼争吵
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His untidiness constantly niggled her 他邋邋遢遢总惹她讨厌
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Don ' t waste time on niggling details 不要为琐事浪费时间
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I work hard and i always train even if i ' ve got a niggling injury 我很努力,即便有点小伤也还坚持训练。
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Our lawyers will niggle over every little detail of the case 我们的律师们会就这个案件的每一个细节进行辩论。