Trifling

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trifle

(a.) Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair.

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• It made her blood run sharp, to be thwarted in even so trifling a matter. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Mr. Bennet accepted the challenge, observing that he acted very wisely in leaving the girls to their own trifling amusements. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• One, the most trifling part of my duty, remains undischarged. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Now he was smitten with compunction, yet irritated that so trifling an omission should be stored up against him after nearly two years of marriage. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The commendation bestowed on him by Mrs. Reynolds was of no trifling nature. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• There must be no trifling with HER affections, poor dear. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• At the same time, it must be observed that a very trifling addition or change occasionally gives practical value to an invention, which had been useless without it. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• But ladies in carriages would frequently make purchases from her trifling stock, and were usually pleased with her bright eyes and her hopeful speech. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• These ornaments are of value, yet are they trifling to what he would bestow to obtain our dismissal from this castle, free and uninjured. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• He had no iron mastery of his sensations now; a trifling emotion made itself apparent in his present weak state. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Trifling variations in the ingredients, in the proportion and in the heating, made it either pliable as kid, tougher than ox hide, as elastic as whalebone, or as rigid as flint. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• He is a benevolent fellow, and has, besides, an intellect of his own of no trifling calibre. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• These were, however, but trifling. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• His first step is to take himself to Lady Dedlock's rooms and look all over them for any trifling indication that may help him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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