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

• 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。
• 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。
• Objective To seek a scientific and practical method of quantifying clinical nursing activities with a knowledge of variety, complexity and triviality.
  目的针对临床护理工作内容具有多样性、复杂性、琐碎性等特点，探讨一种科学实用的方法对临床护理工作量进行量化。
• 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。
• Triteness or triviality of style.
  陈腐或者琐碎的风格。
• He achieved extraordinary successes at an ordinary post. Your work is just going to be mundane triviality.
  他在平凡的工作岗位上作出了突出的成绩。
• He accused me of making a great fuss about trivialities
  他指责我为丁点琐事大惊小怪。
• One cannot criticize the book on the grounds of triviality.
  我们不能根据微末瑕疵来批评这本书。
• Then, I come to myself that affection is so delicate that it cannot be kept in triviality but in rainy days.
  然后，你忽然醒悟，感情原来是这么脆弱的。经得起风雨，却经不起平凡；