[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]微不足道的；不重要的 You can use petty to describe things such as problems, rules, or arguments which you think are unimportant or relate to unimportant things.
[usu ADJ n]
[disapproval]
He was miserable all the time and rows would start over petty things.
他总是愁眉苦脸的，常因小事发怒。
...endless rules and petty regulations...
没完没了的规则和繁复琐碎的规定
The meeting degenerated into petty squabbling.
会议变成了无聊的扯皮。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]小题大做的；过于关注琐事的 If you describe someone's behaviour as petty, you mean that they care too much about small, unimportant things and perhaps that they are unnecessarily unkind.
[usu v-link ADJ]
[disapproval]
He was petty-minded and obsessed with detail...
他小肚鸡肠，满脑子都是鸡毛蒜皮的事儿。
I think that attitude is a bit petty.
我觉得那种态度有点小题大做。
pettiness
Never had she met such spite and pettiness.
她从未遇到过这样的故意刁难和小题大做。
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[ADJ 形容词]下级的；次要的；小规模的Petty is used of people or actions that are less important, serious, or great than others.
[ADJ n]
Wilson was not a man who dealt with petty officials.
威尔逊不是个与小官小吏打交道的人。
...petty crime, such as handbag-snatching and minor break-ins.
抢手提包和入室盗窃等轻罪
Oxford
petty/ˈpeti; NAmEˈpeti/adjective( usually disapproving) 1[usually before noun ]small and unimportant 小的；琐碎的；次要的SYN
minor
◆petty squabbles小口角◆petty crime/theft(= that is not very serious)轻微罪行╱偷窃◆a petty criminal/thief轻罪犯；小窃贼◆a petty bureaucrat/official(= who does not have much power or authority, although they might pretend to)小官僚；小官员2caring too much about small and unimportant matters, especially when this is unkind to other people 小气的；狭隘的SYN
small-minded
◆How could you be so petty?你怎么那么小气呢？▶petti·ness/ˈpetinəs; NAmEˈpetinəs/noun[uncountable ]pettypettierpettiestpetty/ˈpeti; NAmEˈpeti/petti·ness/ˈpetinəs; NAmEˈpetinəs/
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pettypet‧ty /ˈpeti/ ●○○ adjective
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1a petty problem, detail etc is small and unimportantSYN trivial: petty squabbles petty restrictions2unkind and caring too much about small unimportant things: How can she be so petty? petty jealousy and spitefulness3petty crime a crime that is not serious, for example stealing things that are not very valuable4petty criminal/thief etc a criminal whose crimes are not very serious5a petty official is not important – used especially when they use their power as if they were important: Some petty bureaucrat wanted all the documents in triplicate.—pettiness noun [uncountable]: the pettiness of Hollywood
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