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

• Lou prattled on about various trivialities till I wanted to scream
  卢就各种芝麻小事唠叨个没完，后来我烦得都想尖叫了。
• Daily trivialities which seem so important to men.
  对人们似乎如此重要的日常琐事。
• 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。
• Mr Casaubon seemed even unconscious that trivialities existed.
  卡苏朋先生似乎根本不知道世上有浅薄的闲聊。
• 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。
• Once in the examination hall all such trivialities were forgotten.
  一进考场，所有这样的小事全都忘了。
• By contrast, politicians of Hong Kong are so much involved in trivialities that they often fail to see the wood for the trees.
  不像香港政界人士眼光短浅，纠缠于具体烦事之中，脱身不出来，因而往往是只看树木，不见森林。
• He accused me of making a great fuss about trivialities
  他指责我为丁点琐事大惊小怪。
• Don't waste time on domestic trivialities.
  不要在家常琐事上浪费时间。
• These efforts help to mask the essential emptiness of the characterization, and the absurdities and trivialities of the plots.
  这些努力有助于掩饰人物性格塑造方面的本质上的空洞，以及情节上的荒谬的浅薄无聊。