piddling

In a huge bull market they wind up with piddling profits only to watch their former holdings soar.(在巨大的上涨行情中他们以小的利益抛售目前持有的飞涨的股票。)

Generally, Scarlett would not have cared whether she received at Melly's piddling parties or not.(通常情况下，思嘉并不在意是否在媚兰举办的家宴上参加接待客人。)

Too many people are apt to redeem their profits too quickly. In a huge bull market they wind up with piddling profits, only to watch their former holdings soar.(太多人倾向于过早地收取利益，在大牛市中，他们获取了很少的利益就出手了，眼巴巴地看着原来持有的股票一路飙升。)

Or, one might say, focus on the long-term goal you have in mind, and forget the piddling little detours on the way.(或者有人会说，把注意力集中在你脑子里长远的目标上，忘记那些道路上的无用的小弯路。)

At that piddling price, the young man calculated that the jute bag plus the labor to fill it with sugar actually exceeded the value of the sugar contents. How could he lose?(这个年轻人算得很精：单是麻袋成本加上人工成本就超过麻袋里面糖的价值，以那么低的价格买入，他怎么会亏？)

And due to the network's piddling size, it was, in truth, probably unnecessary.(而且考虑到当时网络的轻量级规模，或许事实上也是不必要的。)

I don't want to hear all the piddling little details!(我不想听那些琐碎的事！)

Instead it is one of only three piddling acquisitions made in emerging markets since the financial crisis began in 2007.(相反，这是2007年金融危机发生后，汇丰仅有的三起无聊并购之一。)