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Sense Trivial Latin Adj Trivialis Common Liberal Triviəl

单词 trivial
音标 ['triviəl]
解释 a.琐细的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 琐细的(commonplace, ordinary; of little worth)
【考】 反义词:gist(要点); substantive(实质的) ; massive(宏伟的)
【例】 raise trivial objections(提出无关 紧要的反对)
字源 trivial (adj.)
"ordinary" (1580s); "insignificant, trifling" (1590s), from Latin trivialis "common, commonplace, vulgar," literally "of or belonging to the crossroads," from trivium "place where three roads meet," in transferred use, "an open place, a public place," from tri- "three" (see three) + via "road" (see via). The sense connection is "public," hence "common, commonplace."
The earliest use of the word in English was early 15c., a separate borrowing in the academic sense "of the trivium" (the first three liberal arts -- grammar, rhetoric, and logic); from Medieval Latin use of trivialis in the sense "of the first three liberal arts," from trivium, neuter of the Latin adjective trivius "of three roads, of the crossroads." Related: Trivially. For sense evolution to "pertaining to useless information," see trivia.
不择手段背单词 adj. 琐细的; 微不足道的
【记】tri三, vial: 三流的-琐碎的
【反】gist(n 要点)-trivial point(不重要的点)substantive(adj 实质的); massive(adj 厚重结实的); grandiose(adj 宏伟的); indispensable(adj 不可缺少的)
趣味全助记 【记】travel 外出旅行要带着许多琐碎的东西及处理许多琐事,车票,食物,证件等

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