trivia

英 [ˈtrɪviə]

美 [ˈtrɪviə]

n. 琐事; 细枝末节; (智力测验比赛用的)各种科目的知识

Collins.1 / BNC.19325 / COCA.13495

牛津词典

noun

琐事；细枝末节
unimportant matters, details or information
1. We spent the whole evening discussing domestic trivia.
  我们整个晚上谈论家庭琐事。
（智力测验比赛用的）各种科目的知识
facts about many subjects that are used in a game to test people's knowledge
1. a trivia quiz
  知识面宽的问答比赛

N-UNCOUNT 琐事；花边消息
Triviais unimportant facts or details that are considered to be amusing rather than serious or useful.
1. 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。
2. 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。
ADJ (游戏或竞赛)益智问答的
Atriviagame or competition is one where the competitors are asked questions about interesting but unimportant facts in many subjects.
1. ...a pub trivia game.
  酒馆知识问答游戏

noun

I can't understand why they show so much emotion over trivia.
我不明白他们为什么对琐碎小事那么动情。
The author is clever at elucidating such grand themes like society and life through meaningful trivia.
作考擅长攫取具有典型意义的生活琐事，藉以阐发社会和人生的宏大主题。
They just ask a bunch of trivia questions about programming and give points for correct answers.
他们只会问一堆琐碎的编程问题，答对就加分。
Today with the Full Moon in your chart area of everyday communications you may get bogged down in trivia.
今天的满月在你的交流宫，你可能在琐事上陷入困境。
She has an encyclopaedic knowledge of pop trivia.
她对流行音乐的细微末节无所不知。
A syntax node always contains a combination of other nodes, tokens, and trivia.
语法节点总会是包含其它节点、令牌和琐碎内容的组合。
If we are obsessed with or bothered by trivia all day, we can't accomplish any important work.
如果一天到晚都被些琐事纷纷扰扰地困惑、打扰，那我们是很难完成什么重要工作的。
A bit of lexicographical trivia for you there.
一个对你有位辞书琐事。
Here's a bit of trivia for you: What was Veterans Day originally called?
有个小问题要考考你：老兵纪念日最初叫什么？
You will find it easier to sort out all the trivia that comes your way.
你会发现分类处理你每天面临的琐事将变得很容易。