这是一桩小事,不值得为之争辩。
I had been lulled into thinking the publicity would be a trivial matter.我曾被误导相信宣传是件小事。
It's a trivial matter, by looking at what is the weight and how far does it drop, to say OK, how much work is done by the paddlewheel.这是一个很简单的问题,通过观察重量是多少以及它下降了多远,来确定桨轮做了多少功。