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trivia n.琐事；不重要的事情 (1) 她从来不沉湎于往日琐事。(2) 他们对琐事的争吵总是没完没了。(3) 我们的许多研究都浪费在一些无足轻重的琐事上。 Everybody probably knows trivia about something they enjoy. Baseball fans can quote batting averages of their favorite players; movie nuts can tell you exactly what films their favorite actors appeared in and who they played. The game "Trivial Pursuit" is full of questions about facts like that. Why would anyone bother with trivia? Usually, because they love the topic, or maybe they need to know it for their job. One person's trivia is another person's important information.

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英 ['trɪviə] 美 ['trɪviə] (1) She never immersed herself in that sort of trivia.(2) Their quarrels about the trivia are always interminable.(3) Much of our research is wasted on trivia. Can you name the twenty-third vice-president? Do you know all the state birds? If so, you must be good at trivia: facts that are interesting but not necessarily important. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]琐事；花边消息 Trivia is unimportant facts or details that are considered to be amusing rather than serious or useful. The two men chatted about such trivia as their favourite kinds of fast food...这两个男人闲聊了些诸如彼此最喜欢的快餐这样的琐事。The newspaper is now weighted in favour of trivia.这份报纸如今倾向于报道一些花边消息。2[ADJ 形容词](游戏或竞赛)益智问答的 A trivia game or competition is one where the competitors are asked questions about interesting but unimportant facts in many subjects.   [ADJ n]...a pub trivia game.酒馆知识问答游戏

英语单词	trivia
英美音标	英 ['trɪviə] 美 ['trɪviə]
中文释义	n.琐事；不重要的事情
英语例句	(1) She never immersed herself in that sort of trivia. (2) Their quarrels about the trivia are always interminable. (3) Much of our research is wasted on trivia.
中文例句	(1) 她从来不沉湎于往日琐事。 (2) 他们对琐事的争吵总是没完没了。 (3) 我们的许多研究都浪费在一些无足轻重的琐事上。
vocabulary简明	Can you name the twenty-third vice-president? Do you know all the state birds? If so, you must be good at trivia: facts that are interesting but not necessarily important.
vocabulary扩展	Everybody probably knows trivia about something they enjoy. Baseball fans can quote batting averages of their favorite players; movie nuts can tell you exactly what films their favorite actors appeared in and who they played. The game "Trivial Pursuit" is full of questions about facts like that. Why would anyone bother with trivia? Usually, because they love the topic, or maybe they need to know it for their job. One person's trivia is another person's important information.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]琐事；花边消息 Trivia is unimportant facts or details that are considered to be amusing rather than serious or useful. The two men chatted about such trivia as their favourite kinds of fast food... 这两个男人闲聊了些诸如彼此最喜欢的快餐这样的琐事。 The newspaper is now weighted in favour of trivia. 这份报纸如今倾向于报道一些花边消息。 2 [ADJ 形容词](游戏或竞赛)益智问答的 A trivia game or competition is one where the competitors are asked questions about interesting but unimportant facts in many subjects. [ADJ n] ...a pub trivia game. 酒馆知识问答游戏

Trivia Facts Interesting Favorite Game Questions Person's Unimportant