pettiness

n. 琐碎, 微小, 小气, 委琐, 偏狭, 卑鄙, 心胸狭窄的举动

发音

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词形变化

pettinesses 复数 pettinesses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The quality of being petty.

    可数 不可数

    The pettiness of the accounting department asking me to save a receipt from a fast-food restaurant was absurd.

  2. 2.

    A petty behaviour, attitude, etc.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

littleness puniness slightness smallness triviality

上位词 10

closeness meanness tightness minginess narrow-mindedness narrowness niggardliness niggardness parsimoniousness parsimony

下位词 2

joke unproblematicalness

词源

From petty + -ness.

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