trifle

音标/读音 [英 [ˈtraɪfl] 美 [ˈtraɪfəl]]
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◎ 单词释义

n.琐事;少量

v.浪费;玩弄

名词: trifler 过去式: trifled 过去分词: trifled 现在分词: trifling 第三人称单数: trifles

/">考博英语词汇单词大全n.(名词)

    琐事,小事

    少量,少许,一点儿,些许

    少量的钱,零钱

    琐碎的东西

    小玩意儿,小装饰品

    一定程度

    乳脂松糕,酒浸果酱松糕

    相量程度

    稍微

    不值钱的东西,无价值的东西

    v.(动词)

      戏弄,玩弄

      翻弄,摆弄

      浪费时间,虚度,虚耗,蹉跎(岁月)

      小看,轻视,怠慢,嘲笑,嘲弄,愚弄

      闲混,闲荡

      浪费,白费

      玩忽,疏忽,掉以轻心

      说着玩儿,闹着玩儿地讲

      愚弄做无聊事

      讲无聊话

      玩耍

      儿戏,开玩笑, 闹着玩儿

      v.(动词)

        vi. 轻视; 玩弄 treat without the necessary seriousness or respect

        vt. & vi. 浪费; 虚度 dally; idle

        noun

        1. something of small importance

        Synonym: trivialitytriviasmall beer

        2. a detail that is considered insignificant

        Synonym: technicalitytriviality

        3. a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly
        may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate

        verb

        1. consider not very seriously

        e.g. He is trifling with her
        She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania

        Synonym: dallyplay

        2. act frivolously

        Synonym: frivol

        3. waste time
        spend one's time idly or inefficiently

        Synonym: piddlewantonwanton awaypiddle away

        1. (尤用于缓和程度)有一点,稍微
        You can use a trifle to mean slightly or to a small extent, especially in order make something you say seem less extreme.

        e.g. As a photographer, he'd found both locations just a trifle disappointing...
        作为摄影师,他感到两处景点都有点儿不尽如人意。
        e.g. 'There we go,' said Diane, a trifle too cheerily…
        “这就对了,”黛安娜说道,语气有点儿过于兴高采烈。

        2. 小事;琐事;无价值的东西
        A trifle is something that is considered to have little importance, value, or significance.

        trifle

        e.g. He had no money to spare on trifles...
        他没有闲钱买些小玩意儿。
        e.g. Believe me, it's the least I can do, a mere trifle.
        相信我,这是我最起码能做的了,只是小事一桩。

        3. 屈莱弗甜食,乳脂蛋糕(由松糕、果冻、水果和蛋奶沙司层叠制成的冷甜点,通常覆有奶油)
        Trifle is a cold dessert made of layers of sponge cake, jelly, fruit, and custard, and usually covered with cream.

        相关词组:trifle with

        1. 琐事:trifle with 视同儿戏 | trifle 琐事 | trifling 些许的

        2. 小事;琐事;微不足道的东西:trivial 琐细的;无足轻重的;价值不大的 | trifle 小事;琐事;微不足道的东西 | tune 调子,曲调;旋律;主题

        v.(动词)

        trifle的基本意思是“轻视,玩弄”,指某人不严肃地、不诚恳地、不专心地、漫无目的地对待某人或某事,也指恋爱上水性杨花。用作不及物动词,后常接with。

        trifle还可作“浪费,虚度”解,一般指在某件事上浪费时间、金钱、精力等,可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。

        以上就是本站详细整理的词语trifle是什么意思的翻译解释,供大家参考一下。

trifle的用法及例句:

"His eyes are so round," said Martha, a trifle doubtful.(“他的眼睛那么圆。”玛莎有点犹豫地说。)

But the video was a trifle compared with what came next.(但比起后续的一切,这个视频可以说是不值一提。)

"I canna' do no chantin'," said Ben Weatherstaff a trifle testily.(本·威瑟斯塔夫有点不耐烦地说:“我不会唱。”)

They quarreled over such a mere trifle.(他们为这样一件小事而争吵。)

Don't trifle away your time and money.(不要浪费你的时间和金钱。)

Don't kick up a row about such trifle.(不要为小事去胡闹。)

"Of course I should hate it — so would you," she rejoined, a trifle irritably.(“我当然会讨厌了——你也会的,”她有点生气地回答说。)

This is no trifle.(这可不是一件小事。)

She had never thought of the hunchback's being married and she was a trifle surprised.(她从来没有想过这个驼背的人会结婚,有点吃惊。)

It is nothing, just a trifle affair.(这没有什么,只不过小事一桩。)

用作动词(v.)

浪费 waste (usually time or money) foolishly
trifle sth ⇔ away

They had trifled away the whole morning.

他们浪费了整个上午。

He trifled away all his money.

他把钱挥霍一空。

Don't trifle away your time on such useless things.

不要把你的时间浪费在这种无益的事情上。

He trifled away his time and money on cinemas and dancing.

他把时间和金钱浪费在看电影和跳舞上。

1. a trifle : 稍微, 有点儿;

trifle

用作动词(v.)

Tom trifled too long at the fair.
汤姆在集市上逛得太久了。She trifled through her youth.
她虚度了青春年华。

用作动词 (v.)

~+名词

trifle energy浪费精力trifle money浪费金钱trifle time浪费时间

~+副词

trifle illogically不合理地浪费trifle leeringly不怀好意地轻视trifle ludicrously〔ridiculously〕荒唐可笑地轻视trifle away浪费

~+介词

trifle through one's youth虚度青春年华trifle with轻率地或嘲笑地对待,不严肃地看待; 轻视; 玩弄; 心不在焉地做或摆弄

Death..was only an item, a trifle, in the history of his calamities.