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

• I'm not concerned about such trivialities.
  我跟这些琐事没关系。
• The rectification will deal not with trivialities but with important issues, with the question of political line.
  又不是整那些鸡毛蒜皮，而是整大事，整路线问题。
• Don't waste time on domestic trivialities.
  不要在家常琐事上浪费时间。
• Concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities.
  关心的是工作或重要的事情而非玩乐或琐事。
• Indeed, I have witnessed too much of this process, not only in the trivialities of everyday life, but also on the grand scale of global interactions.
  事实上，小到日常琐事大到国际交往，我都看到了很多这样的例子。
• Mr Casaubon seemed even unconscious that trivialities existed.
  卡苏朋先生似乎根本不知道世上有浅薄的闲聊。
• 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；
• We urge you, brothers and sisters, not to miss any day of fasting and not to miss any moment of this month in trivialities.
  亲爱的兄弟姐妹，我们建议你们，不要错失任何一天的斋戒，不要因琐事错过此月片刻。
• 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。
• 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。