pettiness
pettiness ['petinis]
n. 琐碎；卑鄙；小气；微小
名词复数:pettinesses
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- n. 琐碎；卑鄙；小气；微小
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1. We tend to equate jealousy with pettiness and selfishness.
我们倾向于把嫉妒与卑鄙、自私相等同。
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2. The negative pleasure one finds in work partakes of the poverty and banality of daily life, its pettiness.
否定快乐的人发现工作共有贫困与日常生活的乏味以及琐碎。
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3. I began by asking Congress to put aside partisanship and pettiness and pride and suggesting that we work together on welfare reform, not to punish the poor but to empower them.
我一开始就恳请国会把党派、小心眼和骄傲搁在一边，建议我们在福利改革问题上携手合作，不要处罚穷人，而要帮助他们生活下去。
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