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

• The triviality of a trigger should not be an excuse to underestimate the effect that trigger may have on a victim.
  一个触发中微不足道的特点不应该作为一个低估其可能对受害者产生影响的借口。
• Eg. he was going to expose their triviality once and for all.
  他将彻底暴露他们的浅薄无能。
• Consequently, in Wang An'yi's novels, the triviality of the daily life is always her chief concern, whether it is the narration of history or the description of Shanghai and the countryside.
  因而，在王安忆的小说中，无论是对历史的叙述还是对上海以及乡村的描摹，凡俗人生的琐细的日常生活一直是她津津乐道的内容。
• 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。
• The reason all hell always breaks out over biscuits is not in spite of their triviality, but because of it.
  人们之总是在饼干的问题上怨声连连，不在于它事小，而是它本身。
• 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。
• In each case the scenes set in ye olde days are much more dramatic than those set in the present, which suggests that the film-makers are embarrassed by the triviality of modern life.
  那些古老时光的场景总比现代场景处理的更引人注目，这也表明了制片人对于现代生活的平凡无奇感到尴尬。
• As in every case, speculative identity is not the above-mentioned triviality of an implicit identity of subject and object.
  无论何处，思辨的统一，决不是刚才所说的那种肤浅的主体和客体的潜在的同一。
• David Ray Griffin affirms that there is genuine evil in the world, which is "discord" and "triviality".
  格里芬肯定世界中存在着真正的恶，恶是不和谐和琐屑。
• So, you too have it here, your various temples and all the puja and worship and all that triviality; all that is really nonsense.
  而且，你们这儿也有，你们各种各样的寺庙，所有的礼拜仪式，崇拜和所有那些琐事，所有这些都是地地道道的愚蠢行为。