piddling
adj[esp attrib 尤作定语]
(infml derog 口, 贬)
(a) unimportant; trivial 不重要的; 琐碎的
I don't want to hear all the piddling little details! 我不想听那些琐碎的事!
(b) small 小的
It's annoying to have to get authorization for spending such piddling amounts of money. 花这麽一点钱也要去请示, 真烦人.
🗣️ 情景例句
Are you sending it by regular or by speed?
你要寄平信还是快递?
One woman, in Peru, was saved from an earthquake by lying between two mattresses.
秘鲁的一位妇女,躲在垫子之间从地震中死里逃生。
Then the woman simply took the parcel and walked out of the shop without paying.