trivialities

英 [ˌtrɪvɪˈælɪtiz]

美 [ˌtrɪviˈælətiz]

n.  琐事; 小事; 微不足道; 琐碎; 无足轻重
triviality的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 琐事;小事
  If you refer to something as atriviality, you think that it is unimportant and not serious.
  1. He accused me of making a great fuss about trivialities...
     他指责我为丁点琐事大惊小怪。
  2. Interviews with politicians were juxtaposed with news items of quite astonishing triviality.
     对政治家的访谈与内容相当耸动的八卦新闻放在同一个版面。

双语例句

• Lou prattled on about various trivialities till I wanted to scream
  卢就各种芝麻小事唠叨个没完，后来我烦得都想尖叫了。
• Concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities.
  关心的是工作或重要的事情而非玩乐或琐事。
• These efforts help to mask the essential emptiness of the characterization, and the absurdities and trivialities of the plots.
  这些努力有助于掩饰人物性格塑造方面的本质上的空洞，以及情节上的荒谬的浅薄无聊。
• Once in the examination hall all such trivialities were forgotten.
  一进考场，所有这样的小事全都忘了。
• He found it inconceivable that a grown man of substance would let such trivialities affect his judgment in an affair of business, and one of such importance.
  他觉得这件事情无法理解：一个有这么多财富的人居然可以让这么一件微不足道的事情影响他的判断力，而且是在这样一件生意上面的事情。
• They do not dwell on the trivialities or the details.
  他们不仔细考虑细节的琐碎部分。
• By contrast, politicians of Hong Kong are so much involved in trivialities that they often fail to see the wood for the trees.
  不像香港政界人士眼光短浅，纠缠于具体烦事之中，脱身不出来，因而往往是只看树木，不见森林。
• We urge you, brothers and sisters, not to miss any day of fasting and not to miss any moment of this month in trivialities.
  亲爱的兄弟姐妹，我们建议你们，不要错失任何一天的斋戒，不要因琐事错过此月片刻。
• His father worked all day at the factory and was not expected to be involved in such trivialities.
  他父亲成天在工场里，是理不到这些闲事的；
• She compromised by writing as seldom as possible, and adhering to the merest trivialities.
  她采取折衷的办法，尽可能少写信并且坚持写最微不足道的琐事。