trifle

['traifl]

n.琐事, 少量
v.浪费, 玩弄

n.

1. 小事, 琐事[C]

A mere trifle brought about a quarrel between the brothers.

一点儿小事引起了兄弟间一场争吵。

2. 琐碎的东西; 小玩意儿, 小装饰品[C]

I'll send you a few trifles for your birthday.

我要送你几样小玩意儿祝贺你的生日。

3. 少量, 少许; 少量的钱[S]

I have only a trifle of wine left.

我只剩下一点点酒了。

4. 一定程度[S]

I was a trifle late.

我晚了一点。

5. 【英】乳脂松糕[U][S]

vi.

1. 开玩笑; 戏弄

It's wrong of you to trifle with the girl's affections.

你不该玩弄那女孩子的感情。

2. 小看, 轻视

Jim is not a man to be trifled with.

可不能怠慢吉姆这个人。

3. 翻弄, 摆弄[(+with)]

The girl sat trifling with her skirt.

女孩子坐着摆弄裙子。

4. 闲混, 浪费时间

Stop trifling and get to work.

别闲混了, 开始工作吧。

vt.

浪费; 虚度[(+away)]

He trifled away the whole evening.

他浪费了一整个晚上。

词形变化

名词: trifler | 动词过去式: trifled | 动词过去分词: trifled | 动词现在分词: trifling | 动词第三人称单数: trifles |

词义辨析

同义:

n.碎的东西; 小玩意儿

small amount  little bit  

同义参见:

monkey  laze  crumb  trinket  straw  fiddle  play  charm  novelty  

英英释义

名词 trifle:

sponge cake spread with jam and soaked in wine; served with a custard sauce

a detail that is considered insignificant

同义词：technicality, triviality

something of small importance

同义词：triviality, trivia, small beer

动词 trifle:

waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently

同义词：piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away

act frivolously

同义词：frivol

consider not very seriously

同义词：dally, play

短语词组

trifle with

1. 轻视; 玩弄

This is not to be trifled with.

这可不是闹着玩的。

补充

trifletrifle英:[ˈtraifl] 美:[ˈtraɪfəl]n.1.无价值的东西; 琐事It's silly to quarrel over trifles.为小事争吵是愚蠢的。I don't know why you waste your time on such trifles.我不明白你为什么在这种琐事上浪费时间。2.少量, 少许, 一点点I'll have just a trifle of the dessert.我只要吃少量的甜点心。vt.1.轻视, 小看The text is not to be trifled with.原文不应被轻视。

例句

1. They worry over trifles.他们为一些琐事担心。 2. He had no money to spend on trifles.他没有闲钱买些不值钱的玩意儿。 3. sherry trifle雪利屈莱弗 4. He seemed a trifle annoyed.他似乎有点恼火。 5. No man in Tabriz trifled with the executioner.在大不里士没人敢轻视行刑者。 6. Mitchell was not someone to be trifled with.对米切尔可不能小觑。 7. He is not a person to trifle with.他不是好惹的人；他不是可以轻慢的人。 8. Don't trifle with me.别跟我嬉皮笑脸的。 9. The girl sat there trifling with a pen.女孩坐在那里摆弄钢笔。 10. to trifle through one's youth虚度青春 11. to trifle the hours away虚度时光 12. They have trifled away the whole day.他们已经浪费了一整天。 13. we needn't trouble the headmaster over such trifles.我们不必为这么点小事麻烦校长。 14. the thousand yen he'd paid seemed the merest trifle.他支付的一千日元似乎只是九牛一毛。 15. he is not a man to be trifled with.他是个不能小看的人。 16. men who trifle with women's affections.玩弄妇女感情的男人。 17. we will not trifle—life is too short.我们不会虚度光阴——生命太短暂了。 18. his methods are a trifle eccentric.他的方式有点古怪。 19. There's no reason to argue over such trifles.没有理由为了这些琐事争吵。 20. The money is a mere trifle to me.这笔钱对我来说不过是点小意思。 21. "The music is just a trifle [=a bit, a tad] too loud."这音乐有点吵。 22. You shouldn't trifle with their feelings.你不应该忽视他们的感受。 23. Crime is not a subject to be trifled with.犯罪是个不容小觑的问题。 24. She is not someone to be trifled with. [=she should be treated with respect]怠慢她太不应该了。