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picayune
英[ˌpɪkə'juːn] 美[ˌpɪkə'juːn]
单词基本解释
adj.微小的;心胸狭窄的 n.西班牙铜币;五美分铜币;微不足道的事物

形容词::picayunish

英英释义
Adjective:
  1. (informal) small and of little importance;

    "a fiddling sum of money"
    "a footling gesture"
    "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"
    "a little (or small) matter"
    "a dispute over niggling details"
    "limited to petty enterprises"
    "piffling efforts"
    "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

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The New Orleans Times-picayune ran a series of four scathing editorials entitled "The Choice of Our Lives."

《新奥尔良时代花絮报》连续刊登了题为“我们生活的选择”的4篇尖刻的社论。

Giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction.

给一位警官提供一顿免费的饭食或许违反了法律,但这看上去是不值一提的违法。

Through a process of gradual consolidation, New Orleans now has only one major daily, the Times-picayune.

通过一系列的逐步的整合过程,新奥尔良现在只有一家主流日报,泰晤士报-皮卡·尤恩。

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