petty

petty

美 [?peti] 　英 ['peti]

• n.佩蒂；【會】小額；廁所
• adj.小的；瑣碎的；次要的；小氣的
• 網絡細小的；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.

那些貪官污吏起初只是想占點小便宜，而后來則變得只能說是貪得無厭。

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

海軍上士因為我的年紀已大并且在這種不利的條件下去進行這樣的潛水而發愁。

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

奧巴馬說，他不希望看到他所說的“政治把戲”阻礙改革。

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

在支付完去研討會的旅費后，我們還剩下多少零用金？

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.

那個交警很可惜啊，居然被兩個偷電纜的小東西給搞翻了。

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

無政府主義是一種產生于歐洲的小資產階級政治思潮。

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

他說，年輕人聽到這個要求之后，他卑微的欲望被挑了起來。

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

他的丑陋處罰是瑣碎的和有報仇心的，如同當他詛咒的時候，他在他的精神之后呼叫掐丑陋一樣。

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.

他們已經附屬于殘忍暴行和瑣碎權力所帶來的微不足道的報酬，以致于他們完全不記得如何以另一種方式存在。

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

公司的會計應該從公司的零用現金中準備出水、茶和咖啡的費用。

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.

有人認為我們的政治制度是如此的微不足道，因為在和平年代，我們所爭論的話題都是無關緊要的。

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

不喜歡小資情調，所以不去anybar，喜歡自然風格，喜歡一個人的孤單，所以去水庫。

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

抱歉，我們得遵守消防條例，你們應該早點來的。這是一種典型的，拿根雞毛當令箭的行為。

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.

那是事實，如果我們不送紅包給他，這似乎顯得我們有點心胸狹窄。我倒愿意遵循一些鄉規民俗，你想別人怎樣善待你，你就怎樣善待別人。

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

該記的不記，記住的都是什么亂七八糟的東西啊。

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.

畢竟，這個國家今年與泰國因邊界問題的小摩擦差點爆發戰爭。

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煩，麗薩，你剛才真是美麗小巧。

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.

警方以輕微盜竊罪起訴一名89歲的俄亥俄州婦女，她拒絕歸還鄰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，大家還同意：在這兩個城市里，絕不允許暴力行動，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.

你明智地發現了所有小心眼的員工，他們整天無所事事，只會抱怨。

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

這些雞毛蒜皮的爭吵說明了政府的狀況很糟糕。

Their lives seemed to me so petty, so slavish.

他們的生活在我看來是那樣卑微，那么俗氣。

But these petty unfair tricks would avail them nothing.

可是這些小小的鬼蜮伎倆救不了他們的命。

Petty pilfering is on the increase in super market.

超市里的小偷小摸現象日見增多。

She felt boxed in by all their petty rules.

她覺得被他們的瑣碎規章束縛住了手腳。

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

警方證實他在過去幾年里，曾多次因為毒品和輕微犯罪被抓。

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

事情原來是這樣的，在這一地區多次發生小的扒竊案，特別是從門前臺階上偷走牛奶瓶。

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

這一計謀是通過對我搞小動作來實現的，但他本人從來不愿親自卷進去。

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，這個有前途的小男孩兒過起了小偷小摸的生活，成為肖皮街頭匪幫的創始成員之一。

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

俄羅斯有關極端行為和“輕微流氓行為”的法律曾被用來壓制政治言論和針對普京的人身攻擊。

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

佩蒂說：“當男人變得暴躁或易怒時，我們往往把原因歸咎于工作或僅僅是年齡大了。”

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

應該注意到通過不關押輕微犯罪的人可以節省多少錢。

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

凱爾說零用“，就好像碰見了山谷無非人民”；

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

我覺得你不過是個跳梁小丑罷了，妄圖去破壞皇陵，用詛咒術殺我？

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

鄧演達是民主革命的堅強斗士，小資產階級激進分子的代表人物。

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

自私，殘忍，仇恨，強烈的獨占欲，為一點小事吃醋。所有這些在我們身上發作只是因為我們深愛著對方。

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，周恩來敏銳、聰慧而含蓄，是一位目光遠大、不拘泥于小節的政治家。

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

這么說，我似乎是一個很小氣、很吝嗇的人。

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.

大概是偶爾聊天做點小動作之類，而下課卻只是一個人枯坐。

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).

當有好事發生在她身上時，我也會跟著快樂（相信我，我是真的很快樂）。

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.

但如果此時此刻他可以對著我嚷嚷的話，我不會再回擊一句，我只想聽到他的聲音。

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.

利維坦似乎厭倦了這些瑣碎的小沖突，便獨自離開了，只效忠于他的深海之神-深淵觸手漩渦魔神。

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

對修行者而言，五蘊皆空，世俗的事與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.

過了幾年，三十歲的時候，王出了家，他成為了一個了不起的僧人！

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.

上世紀90年代初，紐約市聘請了數千名超編制的警察，責令他們在高犯罪地區嚴打雞零狗碎的輕微犯罪分子。