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

• 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；
• 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。
• You have a broad concern about the issues and problems in the world while you seem to have been caught up in your big and small struggles with the details and trivialities in your daily life.
  你对这个世界中存在的许多问题都有广泛的关注和忧虑，而同时你又得对自己每天生活中不得不去面对的许多细节琐事作大大小小的抗争，身陷其中，不能自拔。
• A common danger clears the mind of trivialities.
  共同的危险使人们不再去计较细枝末节的事情。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They do not dwell on the trivialities or the details.
  他们不仔细考虑细节的琐碎部分。
• 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。