petty
英 [ˈpeti] 美 [ˈpɛti]

• 中文拼写：佩蒂
• 名字含义：Pettit的异体，Mathilda,Matilda等的昵称
• 名字来源：英语
• 名字类别：女

• William Petty 威廉•佩蒂：
  (1623～1687)，英国政治经济学家，著有《赋税论》。

双语释义

adj.(形容词)

1. 不重要的unimportant
2. 卑鄙的；小气的mean;narrow-minded

英英释义

petty[ 'peti ]

• n.larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)

  同义词：petit larcenypetty larceny

• adj.
  • inferior in rank or status

    "petty officialdom"

    同义词：junior-gradeinferiorlower-rankinglowlysecondarysubalternsubordinate

  • (informal) small and of little importance

    "limited to petty enterprises"

    同义词：fiddlingfootlinglilliputianlittlenigglingpiddlingpifflingpicayunetrivial

  • contemptibly narrow in outlook

    "petty little comments"

    同义词：small-minded

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

• petty commodities小商品
• petty details不重要的细节
• petty remark小气的话

词组短语

petty bourgeoisie n. 小资产阶级（等于petite bourgeoisie）

petty cash零用现金；小额备用金

petty bourgeois小资产阶级分子

petty officer海军士官，海军军士

同近义词辨析

petty, trivial

这组词都有“琐细的，不重要的”的意思，其区别是：

petty指在同类中是最小最微不足道的人或事物。

trivial指无特别价值或重要意义的普通小事。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. The party split into petty factions.
   该党分裂成若干小派系。
2. The paymasters of these petty crooks are the big crime syndicates.
   操纵这帮小流氓的就是那个大犯罪集团。
3. In his short life he had run the entire gamut of crime, from petty theft to murder.
   他在短短的一生中,从小偷小摸到杀人,什么罪都犯过。
4. Don't bug me with petty details.
   不要讲那些琐碎的细节来烦我。
5. People do not discourage this kind of petty work.
   人们对这种次要的工作不加以阻止。
6. She grew tired of his petty jealousies.
   她越来越讨厌他那种心胸狭窄的忌妒行为。
7. She is very petty at times.
   她有时很小心眼。

权威例句

Predisposition to petty criminality in Swedish adoptees. III. Sex differences and validation of the male typology.
Petty Tyranny in Organizations: A Preliminary Examination of Antecedents and Consequences
THE L p -BUSEMANN-PETTY CENTROID INEQUALITY
Informal sector or petty commodity production: Dualism or dependence in urban development?
A generalization of the Busemann-Petty problem on sections of convex bodies
A positive answer to the Busemann-Petty problem in three dimen-sions
A positive answer to the Busemann-Petty problem in three dimen-sions
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The Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion
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