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

• 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。
• However, metaphysical pursuits will never cease to exist, as they are expressions of man's needs for transcending the trivialities of life.
  但是，形上追求作为一种本体性冲动是不会停止的，因为它表达的是人的超越需要。
• She compromised by writing as seldom as possible, and adhering to the merest trivialities.
  她采取折衷的办法，尽可能少写信并且坚持写最微不足道的琐事。
• 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。
• When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. Your work is just going to be mundane triviality.
  处理（剩下的）琐碎事项当我们胡扯琐碎的事情时，我们自己就变得琐碎，因为我们的注意力甘于琐碎。
• 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。
• And her subject matter is far more than merely the expressions of her personal trivialities.
  她的主题远远超越了身边的琐事及个人情感的宣泄。
• 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。
• 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。
• His father worked all day at the factory and was not expected to be involved in such trivialities.
  他父亲成天在工场里，是理不到这些闲事的；