trifle

trifle音标

英 [ˈtraɪfl]

美 [ˈtraɪfəl]

trifle基本释义

n.琐事；少量

v.浪费；玩弄

trifle用法及例句

n.(名词)

琐事，小事

少量，少许，一点儿，些许

少量的钱，零钱

琐碎的东西

小玩意儿，小装饰品

一定程度

乳脂松糕，酒浸果酱松糕

相量程度

稍微

不值钱的东西，无价值的东西

v.(动词)

戏弄，玩弄

翻弄，摆弄

浪费时间，虚度，虚耗，蹉跎（岁月）

小看，轻视，怠慢，嘲笑，嘲弄，愚弄

闲混，闲荡

浪费，白费

玩忽，疏忽，掉以轻心

说着玩儿，闹着玩儿地讲

愚弄做无聊事

讲无聊话

玩耍

儿戏，开玩笑， 闹着玩儿

v.(动词)

vi. 轻视; 玩弄 treat without the necessary seriousness or respect

vt. & vi. 浪费; 虚度 dally; idle

noun

1. something of small importance

Synonym: trivialitytriviasmall beer

2. a detail that is considered insignificant

Synonym: technicalitytriviality

3. a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jellymay be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate

verb

1. consider not very seriously

e.g. He is trifling with herShe plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania

Synonym: dallyplay

2. act frivolously

Synonym: frivol

3. waste timespend one's time idly or inefficiently

Synonym: piddlewantonwanton awaypiddle away

1. (尤用于缓和程度)有一点，稍微You can use a trifle to mean slightly or to a small extent, especially in order make something you say seem less extreme.

e.g. As a photographer, he'd found both locations just a trifle disappointing...作为摄影师，他感到两处景点都有点儿不尽如人意。e.g. 'There we go,' said Diane, a trifle too cheerily…“这就对了，”黛安娜说道，语气有点儿过于兴高采烈。

2. 小事;琐事;无价值的东西A trifle is something that is considered to have little importance, value, or significance.

trifle

e.g. He had no money to spare on trifles...他没有闲钱买些小玩意儿。e.g. Believe me, it's the least I can do, a mere trifle.相信我，这是我*起码能做的了，只是小事一桩。

3. 屈莱弗甜食，乳脂蛋糕（由松糕、果冻、水果和蛋奶沙司层叠制成的冷甜点，通常覆有奶油）Trifle is a cold dessert made of layers of sponge cake, jelly, fruit, and custard, and usually covered with cream.

相关词组：trifle with

1. 琐事：trifle with 视同儿戏 | trifle 琐事 | trifling 些许的

2. 小事;琐事;微不足道的东西：trivial 琐细的;无足轻重的;价值不大的 | trifle 小事;琐事;微不足道的东西 | tune 调子,曲调;旋律;主题

常用例句

词汇搭配

用作动词(v.)

浪费 waste (usually time or money) foolishlytrifle sth ⇔ away

They had trifled away the whole morning.

他们浪费了整个上午。

He trifled away all his money.

他把钱挥霍一空。

Don't trifle away your time on such useless things.

不要把你的时间浪费在这种无益的事情上。

He trifled away his time and money on cinemas and dancing.

他把时间和金钱浪费在看电影和跳舞上。

1. a trifle : 稍微, 有点儿；

trifle

用作动词(v.)

Tom trifled too long at the fair.汤姆在集市上逛得太久了。

She trifled through her youth.她虚度了青春年华。

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

trifle energy浪费精力

trifle money浪费金钱

trifle time浪费时间

～+副词

trifle illogically不合理地浪费

trifle leeringly不怀好意地轻视

trifle ludicrously〔ridiculously〕荒唐可笑地轻视

trifle away浪费

～+介词

trifle through one's youth虚度青春年华

trifle with轻率地或嘲笑地对待,不严肃地看待; 轻视; 玩弄; 心不在焉地做或摆弄

Death..was only an item, a trifle, in the history of his calamities.

出自：Henry Miller

I stayed, I dawdled, I trifled.

出自：H. James

词语用法

v.(动词)

trifle的基本意思是“轻视,玩弄”,指某人不严肃地、不诚恳地、不专心地、漫无目的地对待某人或某事,也指恋爱上水性杨花。用作不及物动词,后常接with。

trifle还可作“浪费,虚度”解,一般指在某件事上浪费时间、金钱、精力等,可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。

近义词

临近词

small小的

TAD孩子

philander调戏玩弄女人...

dally浪费时间

flirt调情的人

novelty【C】新奇

crumb【C】碎屑

trivia琐事

laze懒散

fiddle小提琴

touch触摸

coquet(女子)卖弄风情...

lead on哄骗

frivol糟蹋

smidgen少量

chat up调情 与(异性)搭讪...

straw稻草

little小的

technicality技术细节

frippery便宜而俗艳的服装...

triviality琐事

small beer徽不足道的

charm魅力

seduce引诱

amount数量

monkey猴子

nothing没有什么

piddle做无聊事

small amount小批量

bit少量

piddle away闲混(时间)

play玩

toy玩具

trinket廉价的小装饰品...

wanton淫乱的

trier

trig

trifle with sb

trifle with sth

trifle ring

trifle with

Trifle away one's time

trifles

trifle away

trifler

trifleness initiation

trifle with the law

相关列句

"His eyes are so round," said Martha, a trifle doubtful.(“他的眼睛那么圆。”玛莎有点犹豫地说。)

But the video was a trifle compared with what came next.(但比起后续的一切，这个视频可以说是不值一提。)

"I canna' do no chantin'," said Ben Weatherstaff a trifle testily.(本·威瑟斯塔夫有点不耐烦地说：“我不会唱。”)

They quarreled over such a mere trifle.(他们为这样一件小事而争吵。)

Don't trifle away your time and money.(不要浪费你的时间和金钱。)

Don't kick up a row about such trifle.(不要为小事去胡闹。)

"Of course I should hate it — so would you," she rejoined, a trifle irritably.(“我当然会讨厌了——你也会的，”她有点生气地回答说。)

This is no trifle.(这可不是一件小事。)

She had never thought of the hunchback's being married and she was a trifle surprised.(她从来没有想过这个驼背的人会结婚，有点吃惊。)

It is nothing, just a trifle affair.(这没有什么，只不过小事一桩。)