trivialities

英 [ˌtrɪvɪˈælɪtiz]

美 [ˌtrɪviˈælətiz]

n.  琐事; 小事; 微不足道; 琐碎; 无足轻重
triviality的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 琐事;小事
  If you refer to something as atriviality, you think that it is unimportant and not serious.
  1. He accused me of making a great fuss about trivialities...
     他指责我为丁点琐事大惊小怪。
  2. Interviews with politicians were juxtaposed with news items of quite astonishing triviality.
     对政治家的访谈与内容相当耸动的八卦新闻放在同一个版面。

双语例句

• My Opinion about Trivialities in the Currency Department of College Library
  高校图书馆流通部小事之我见
• He found it inconceivable that a grown man of substance would let such trivialities affect his judgment in an affair of business, and one of such importance.
  他觉得这件事情无法理解：一个有这么多财富的人居然可以让这么一件微不足道的事情影响他的判断力，而且是在这样一件生意上面的事情。
• These efforts help to mask the essential emptiness of the characterization, and the absurdities and trivialities of the plots.
  这些努力有助于掩饰人物性格塑造方面的本质上的空洞，以及情节上的荒谬的浅薄无聊。
• A common danger clears the mind of trivialities.
  共同的危险使人们不再去计较细枝末节的事情。
• Woodhouse was too old and too fond of worrying about trivialities to be a companion for his daughter.
  伍德豪斯先生年事已高，又爱为琐事发愁，自然无法给女儿作伴儿。
• We urge you, brothers and sisters, not to miss any day of fasting and not to miss any moment of this month in trivialities.
  亲爱的兄弟姐妹，我们建议你们，不要错失任何一天的斋戒，不要因琐事错过此月片刻。
• Don't waste time on domestic trivialities.
  不要在家常琐事上浪费时间。
• You have a broad concern about the issues and problems in the world while you seem to have been caught up in your big and small struggles with the details and trivialities in your daily life.
  你对这个世界中存在的许多问题都有广泛的关注和忧虑，而同时你又得对自己每天生活中不得不去面对的许多细节琐事作大大小小的抗争，身陷其中，不能自拔。
• By contrast, politicians of Hong Kong are so much involved in trivialities that they often fail to see the wood for the trees.
  不像香港政界人士眼光短浅，纠缠于具体烦事之中，脱身不出来，因而往往是只看树木，不见森林。
• The rectification will deal not with trivialities but with important issues, with the question of political line.
  又不是整那些鸡毛蒜皮，而是整大事，整路线问题。