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

• Such trivialities, such praises of wealth, such conventional expression of morals as sifted through this passive creature's mind, fell upon Carrie and for the while confused her.
  那些浅薄无聊的东西，那种对财富的崇尚，那些传统的道德观念，从不动脑筋的经理太太那里像筛子一样漏了出来，使嘉莉一时头脑糊涂起来。
• And her subject matter is far more than merely the expressions of her personal trivialities.
  她的主题远远超越了身边的琐事及个人情感的宣泄。
• 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。
• His father worked all day at the factory and was not expected to be involved in such trivialities.
  他父亲成天在工场里，是理不到这些闲事的；
• I'm not concerned about such trivialities.
  我跟这些琐事没关系。
• In order to emphasize the truth of life existing in trivialities, the play adopts episodic structure with digressions rather than works on conflict or climax, and cyclical and symmetrical patterns are also evident.
  为了突出生活的真谛就在于平淡琐事的主题，在结构上没有传统的冲突和高潮，而是采用带有许多离题片段的松散结构，并带对称和循环模式。
• Concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities.
  关心的是工作或重要的事情而非玩乐或琐事。
• 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。
• 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。
• Indeed, I have witnessed too much of this process, not only in the trivialities of everyday life, but also on the grand scale of global interactions.
  事实上，小到日常琐事大到国际交往，我都看到了很多这样的例子。