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

• That` s because it involves so much triviality and responsibility, even troubles.
  因为，它（婚姻）包含了很多琐事、责任甚至麻烦。
• He achieved extraordinary successes at an ordinary post. Your work is just going to be mundane triviality.
  他在平凡的工作岗位上作出了突出的成绩。
• 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。
• Triteness or triviality of style.
  陈腐或者琐碎的风格。
• 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。
• 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。
• Welty's works mainly concentrate on the ups and downs of the Southern families and the daily triviality, and she intends to expose the great negative influence the Southern culture deals modern Southerners, which enables her critique of Southern culture to have more realistic significance.
  通过对南方家族浮沉及日常琐事的描写，韦尔蒂的作品主要反映了南方传统文化对现代人的消极影响，这使她对南方文化的批判更具现实意义。
• One cannot criticize the book on the grounds of triviality.
  我们不能根据微末瑕疵来批评这本书。
• However, previous studies on advertising language mainly emphasize the triviality of words and phrases, the rhetoric, and communicative purposes of advertising language.
  过去对广告的研究大多是从广告语中的词汇和短语以及修辞和交际目的等角度出发进行的。
• I had quite a long struggle with it and have come to see the triviality of ideals.
  我曾与它做过漫长的斗争，已经看到了理想的琐碎。