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

• He accused me of making a great fuss about trivialities
  他指责我为丁点琐事大惊小怪。
• 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。
• It tends to emphasize the notion of human understanding, high-mindedness, detachment from life, absence of pettiness or triviality or vulgarity.
  这种观念注重人类的了解，崇高的意志，脱离俗尘的态度，以及琐碎、无聊、或下流的消灭。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The second lesson is about triviality.
  第二大启示是关于琐事。
• 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。
• A novel theory called bi-default theory is proposed for handling inconsistent knowledge simultaneously in the context of default logic without leading to triviality of the extension.
  提出了一个新的缺省推理理论，称为双缺省理论，使得缺省逻辑在四值语义下能够同时处理不协调的知识而不导致扩张的平凡性。