trivia

英 [ˈtrɪviə]

美 [ˈtrɪviə]

n.  琐事; 细枝末节; (智力测验比赛用的)各种科目的知识

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.19325 / COCA.13495

牛津词典

noun

• 琐事；细枝末节
  unimportant matters, details or information
  1. We spent the whole evening discussing domestic trivia.
     我们整个晚上谈论家庭琐事。
• （智力测验比赛用的）各种科目的知识
  facts about many subjects that are used in a game to test people's knowledge
  1. a trivia quiz
     知识面宽的问答比赛

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 琐事；花边消息
  Triviais unimportant facts or details that are considered to be amusing rather than serious or useful.
  1. The two men chatted about such trivia as their favourite kinds of fast food...
     这两个男人闲聊了些诸如彼此最喜欢的快餐这样的琐事。
  2. The newspaper is now weighted in favour of trivia.
     这份报纸如今倾向于报道一些花边消息。
• ADJ (游戏或竞赛)益智问答的
  Atriviagame or competition is one where the competitors are asked questions about interesting but unimportant facts in many subjects.
  1. ...a pub trivia game.
     酒馆知识问答游戏

英英释义

noun

• something of small importance
  Synonym:trivialitytriflesmall beer

双语例句

• She likes to chatter incessantly about flirting, husband-hunting, officers and other trivia.
  她喜欢毫不顾及地谈论调情、找老公和花边新闻。
• The two men chatted about such trivia as their favourite kinds of fast food
  这两个男人闲聊了些诸如彼此最喜欢的快餐这样的琐事。
• Their quarrels about the trivia are always interminable.
  他们对琐事的争吵总是没完没了。
• Here's a bit of trivia for you: What was Veterans Day originally called?
  有个小问题要考考你：老兵纪念日最初叫什么？
• Today with the Full Moon in your chart area of everyday communications you may get bogged down in trivia.
  今天的满月在你的交流宫，你可能在琐事上陷入困境。
• They just ask a bunch of trivia questions about programming and give points for correct answers.
  他们只会问一堆琐碎的编程问题，答对就加分。
• But the interesting part was a separate experiment in which the trivia was saved in generically named folders such as Facts, Data and Info.
  但有趣的部分是一个单独实验，实验中信息被存储于笼统命名的文件夹里，比如事实、数据和信息。
• This intervention is no simple weather trivia.
  这种干预可就不是天气状况之类的小事了。
• You can have that priceless piece of cinematic trivia absolutely free.
  你能免费得到这个无价的影坛趣事。
• I can't understand why they show so much emotion over trivia.
  我不明白他们为什么对琐碎小事那么动情。