footling

footling读音音标

英[ˈfu:tlɪŋ]

美[ˈfutlɪŋ]

基本意思释义

adj.<口>愚昧的，无价值的，微不足道的

v.<非正>闲混( footle的现在分词 )

短语及实用例句

Where have you been footling around?

你游荡到哪儿去了?

Congress\'s response to recent bribery scandals has been to impose footling restrictions on lobbyists.

国会对于近期行贿丑闻的回应是给说客强加了琐细的限制条款.

英英释义

Adjective

1. (informal terms) 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\"

\"Mickey Mouse regulations\"

\"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\"