triviality

英 [ˌtrɪviˈæləti]

美 [ˌtrɪviˈæləti]

n.  琐事; 小事; 微不足道; 琐碎; 无足轻重

复数：trivialities　

BNC.22970 / COCA.27515

牛津词典

noun

• 琐事；小事
  a matter that is not important
  1. I don't want to waste time on trivialities.
     我不想把时间浪费在一些琐碎小事上。
• 微不足道；琐碎；无足轻重
  the state of being unimportant or dealing with unimportant things
  1. His speech was one of great triviality.
     他的讲话根本无足轻重。

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。

英英释义

noun

• something of small importance
  Synonym:triviatriflesmall beer
• the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
  Synonym:pettinessslightnesspuniness
• a detail that is considered insignificant
  Synonym:technicalitytrifle

双语例句

• Only then will he be able to see the triviality of this little space.
  只有这时，他才能看到这个狭小空间的琐碎。
• However, previous studies on advertising language mainly emphasize the triviality of words and phrases, the rhetoric, and communicative purposes of advertising language.
  过去对广告的研究大多是从广告语中的词汇和短语以及修辞和交际目的等角度出发进行的。
• Welty's works mainly concentrate on the ups and downs of the Southern families and the daily triviality, and she intends to expose the great negative influence the Southern culture deals modern Southerners, which enables her critique of Southern culture to have more realistic significance.
  通过对南方家族浮沉及日常琐事的描写，韦尔蒂的作品主要反映了南方传统文化对现代人的消极影响，这使她对南方文化的批判更具现实意义。
• That` s because it involves so much triviality and responsibility, even troubles.
  因为，它（婚姻）包含了很多琐事、责任甚至麻烦。
• He accused me of making a great fuss about trivialities
  他指责我为丁点琐事大惊小怪。
• The triviality of a trigger should not be an excuse to underestimate the effect that trigger may have on a victim.
  一个触发中微不足道的特点不应该作为一个低估其可能对受害者产生影响的借口。
• Details in school physical education is characterized by their relativity, perpetuity, materiality, authenticity, triviality as well as their expressive and instructive force.
  学校体育细节具有细节的一般特点和它的特殊性，表现为相对性、永久性、具体性、真实性、体现性、微小性、教育性等特点。
• I had quite a long struggle with it and have come to see the triviality of ideals.
  我曾与它做过漫长的斗争，已经看到了理想的琐碎。
• When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. Your work is just going to be mundane triviality.
  处理（剩下的）琐碎事项当我们胡扯琐碎的事情时，我们自己就变得琐碎，因为我们的注意力甘于琐碎。
• She knew now the triviality of those passions which art paints so much larger than life.
  她现在知道了，情感的碎屑在艺术中涂抹得比在生活中多得多。