adj.(形容词)

1. 小的，小规模的，小型的
2. 琐碎的，不重要的，次要的，不足道的
3. 下级的，职位低的
4. 气量小的，心胸狭窄的，小气的，器量小的，狭隘的
5. 无聊的
6. 渺小的
7. 卑劣的，卑鄙的
8. 注重琐事的
9. 一点点

n.(名词)

1. 佩蒂（音译名）
2. 【簿记】小额
3. 厕所

adj.(形容词)

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

Noun:

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

Adjective:

1. inferior in rank or status;

   "the junior faculty"
   "a lowly corporal"
   "petty officialdom"
   "a subordinate functionary"
   

2. (informal) small and of little importance;

   "a fiddling sum of money"
   "a footling gesture"
   "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"
   "a little (or small) matter"
   "a dispute over niggling details"
   "limited to petty enterprises"
   "piffling efforts"
   "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
   

3. contemptibly narrow in outlook;

   "petty little comments"
   "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"
   

1.微不足道的；不重要的
You can usepetty to describe things such as problems, rules, or arguments which you think are unimportant or relate to unimportant things.

e.g. He was miserable all the time and rows would start overpetty things.
他总是愁眉苦脸的，常因小事发怒。
e.g. ...endless rules andpetty regulations...
没完没了的规则和繁复琐碎的规定

2.小题大做的；过于关注琐事的
If you describe someone's behaviour aspetty, you mean that they care too much about small, unimportant things and perhaps that they are unnecessarily unkind.

e.g. He waspetty-minded and obsessed with detail...
他小肚鸡肠，满脑子都是鸡毛蒜皮的事儿。
e.g. I think that attitude is a bitpetty.
我觉得那种态度有点小题大做。

pettiness
Never had she met such spite and pettiness.
她从未遇到过这样的故意刁难和小题大做。

3.下级的；次要的；小规模的
petty is used of people or actions that are less important, serious, or great than others.

e.g. Wilson was not a man who dealt withpetty officials.
威尔逊不是个与小官小吏打交道的人。
e.g. ...petty crime, such as handbag-snatching and minor break-ins.
抢手提包和入室盗窃等轻罪

1. petty的意思

1. 佩蒂：境评估实验(MARMET)和其他海洋表面观测资料ds540.2 综合海洋大气数据集(COADS)发表的1a资料ds541.2 全球海洋降水频率和特征的资料,佩蒂(petty)制作ds560.0 美国国家气候资料中心(NCDC)的TD3220美国管理的台站的月概要资料,

2. 贝蒂：代表体育名星:球王贝利(Pele)、赛车手贝蒂(petty)、网球英雄维拉斯(Vilas)和篮球传奇人物克莱德(Clyde)等

3. petty

3. 佩蒂(姓氏)：net rule 网络规则 |petty 佩蒂(姓氏) | permanent press 免烫

4. 小的：petty pilferage 小窃 |petty 小的 | petvalve 试水旋塞

petty squabbles

小口角

petty crime/theft (= that is not very serious)

轻微罪行 / 偷窃

a petty criminal/thief

轻罪犯；小窃贼

a petty bureaucrat/official (= who does not have much power or authority, although they might pretend to)

小官僚；小官员

How could you be so petty?

你怎么那么小气呢？

He was miserable all the time and rows would start over petty things.

他总是愁眉苦脸的，常因小事发怒。

...endless rules and petty regulations...

没完没了的规则和繁复琐碎的规定

He was petty-minded and obsessed with detail...

他小肚鸡肠，满脑子都是鸡毛蒜皮的事儿。

I think that attitude is a bit petty.

我觉得那种态度有点小题大做。

Wilson was not a man who dealt with petty officials.

威尔逊不是个与小官小吏打交道的人。

...petty crime, such as handbag-snatching and minor break-ins.

抢手提包和入室盗窃等轻罪

So we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life.

于是我们干著琐碎的事情, 几乎意识不到我们对生活的倦怠态度.

We must investigate and clean up the petty graft which has appeared in some places.

必须检查和纠正各地已经发生的贪污现象.

He was also petty, unreasonably querulous, and mean.

他还是个气量狭窄, 无事生非, 平庸刻薄的人.

People do not discourage this kind of petty work.

人们对这种次要的工作不加以阻止.

The removal of petty restrictions has made life easier.

对一些琐碎规定的取消使生活更自在了.

He seems to take delight in petty cruelty.

他好像喜欢说伤人的话.

The petty clerk was afraid of offending his boss.

这个小职员不敢得罪他的老板.

My life is hedged around with petty regulations.

我的生活受到种种清规戒律的限制.

A gentleman is open and poised; a petty man is unhappy and worried.

君子坦荡荡, 小人长戚戚.

He got the sack for petty thieving.

他因小偷小摸而被开除了.

The party split into petty factions.

该党分裂成若干小派系.

The writer often obfuscates the real issues with petty details.

那作家常以细枝末节来混淆实质问题.

It was petty of her not to accept the apology.

她气量太小,连道歉也不接受.

No petty official was going to stop Philip from getting into the enclosure. He would just snap his fingers at them.

没有哪位职位不高的官员敢阻止菲力普进入围栏, 他会对他们不屑一顾.

用作定语～+ n.

1. It was a petty problem and they soon solved it.
   这仅是一个小问题，他们很快就解决了。

用作表语It is/was+～+of sb+to- v

1. It was petty of her not to accept the apology.
   她气量太小，连道歉也不接受。

～+名词

• petty%20commodities">petty commodities小商品
• petty%20details">petty details不重要的细节
• petty%20remark">petty remark小气的话

• Mithridates was once more a petty Asiatic prince existing upon sufferance.

  出自：J. A. Froude

• It isn't a gang which would usually get further than an occasional petty theft.

  出自：G. Greene

• Details of history in this period are details of petty events, leaving no permanent effects.

  出自：G. L. Harding

petty，trivial

这两个形容词均含“琐细的，不重要的”之意。

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。