| 词汇 | picayune |
| 释义 | picayune adjective USuk /ˌpɪk.əˈjuːn//ˈpɪk.ə.juːn/ us /ˌpɪk.əˈjuːn//ˈpɪk.ə.juːn/ having little value or importance: 微不足道的，琐碎的；没有价值的 The misery suffered in this war makes your own problems seem pretty picayune.这场战争的苦难使个人的烦恼显得微不足道。 Synonyms fiddlingmainly UK footlingold-fashioned little pettydisapproving piddlinginformaldisapproving pifflinginformal trivial Of little or less importance be in/under someone's shadowidiom be neither here nor thereidiom big deal biggie derisory marginal meaningless meaninglessly meaninglessness mere picture piddling piddly piffling play second fiddleidiom unserious unseriousness venial vestigial vestigially Examples of picayunepicayune Would it not be better to put an end to these picayune prosecutions altogether? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It makes them still more picayune, mean and indefensible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The program was seen as a diversionary tactic initiating further picayune studies of sardine abundance to delay sardine catch regulations. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By extension, picayune can mean trivial or of little value. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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