| 单词 | 琐碎 |
| 释义 | 〔push〕To have one's time taken up by administrative, often seemingly petty, paperwork:做琐碎的工作：把时间花在行政性的、经常看起来是琐碎的文字工作上：〔tale〕A malicious story, piece of gossip, or petty complaint.一个恶意的故事、一段流言蜚语或琐碎的怨言〔labor〕I will not labor you with trivial matters.我不会拿琐碎的事来烦你〔yeasty〕Frothy; frivolous:浅薄的；琐碎的：〔minutia〕A small or trivial detail:细枝末节：非常小或琐碎的细节：〔serious〕Concerned with important rather than trivial matters:重视宏观的：考虑重要的而不是琐碎的事的：〔Pygmy〕Unimportant; trivial.不重要的，琐碎的〔essonite〕from Greek hēssōn [inferior (from its being softer than true hyacinth)] [comparative of] ēka, hēka [slightly] 源自 希腊语 hēssōn [具有比真正的紫蓝色柔和一些的优点] ēka, hēka的比较级 [轻微的，琐碎的] 〔trivial〕Trivial Pursuit is an etymologically sound name, because roads and traveling, which might involve pursuit, are involved in the origin of the wordtrivial. The history oftrivial begins with the Latin word trivium, formed from the prefixtri-, "consisting of three of the things named,” and via, "road.” Trivium meant "the meeting place of three roads, especially as a place of public resort.” Hence it also had a pejorative sense,which we express by the phrasethe gutter, as in "His manners were formed in the gutter.”The adjectivetriviālis, derived from trivium, meant "appropriate to the street corner, commonplace, vulgar.” Trivial entered Middle English in senses that need not detain us here,first being recorded in a sense identical to that oftriviālis in 1589. Shortly after thattrivial is recorded in the sense most familiar to us, "of little importance or significance.”Trivial Pursuit 从词源学的角度来看是合理的词， 因为可能涉及到追求的道路和旅行都与trivial 这个词的来源有关。 trivial 的历史从拉丁词 trivium 开始， 由前缀tri- 意思是“由三个给定的东西组成的”和 via “道路”构成。 Trivium 的意思是“三条路交汇的地方，尤指公众常去的地方”。 自此它又有了一层带贬意的意思，我们用短语贫民区里的 来表示这层意思， 如在句子”他的礼仪是在贫民区学成的”。从trivium 派生出来的形容词 trvialis 意思为“用于街道角落的，平凡的，粗俗的”。 Trvial 进入了中古英语， 当时的意思不会使我们停止不前。最早的记录是在1589年，意思与trivialis 相同。 不久以后，trivial 的意思变得与我们更接近了， 即“琐碎的，不重要的或无价值的”〔shitty〕Trivial; insignificant.琐碎的；无足轻重的〔shard〕"shards of intense emotional relationships that once existed"(Maggie Scarf)“曾经有过的强烈感情关系的琐碎记忆”(玛吉·斯卡夫)〔detail〕A minor or an inconsequential item or aspect; a minutia:细目，琐碎：微小或不重要的条款或方面；微不足道的事：〔persnickety〕Overparticular about trivial details; fastidious.吹毛求疵的：过分注意琐碎细节的；爱挑剔的〔little〕Unimportant; trivial:小的：不重要的；琐碎的：〔stickle〕To argue or contend stubbornly, especially about trivial or petty points.坚持己见：固执地争论或辩论，尤其关于琐碎的小问题〔foolish〕Embarrassed; abashed:尴尬的；琐碎的：〔chatter〕Idle, trivial talk.闲聊：无聊的、琐碎的谈话〔pinpoint〕Something extremely small or trifling.琐事：极小或琐碎的事物〔dry〕a dry lecture filled with trivial details.充满琐碎细节的枯燥演讲〔milquetoast〕An indication of the effect on the English language of popular culture such as that found in comic strips is the adoption of names from the strips as English words.Casper Milquetoast, created by Harold Webster in 1924, was a timid and retiring man,whose name was, of course, created from the name of a timid food.The first instance ofmilquetoast as a common noun is found in the mid-1930's. Milquetoast thus joins the ranks of other such words, includingsad sack, from a blundering army private invented by George Baker in 1942,andWimpy, from J. Wellington Wimpy in the Popeye comic strip, which became a trade name for a hamburger.If we look to the related world of the animated cartoon,we must of course acknowledgeMickey Mouse, which has become a slang term for something that is easy, insignificant, small-time, worthless, or petty. 如果我们要在戏剧漫画中找到流行文化对英语语言的影响，那么漫画中的人物的名字被接受为英语单词可以算是例证了，1924年赫拉德·韦伯斯特所创造的卡斯珀·米尔克吐斯特是一个胆小如鼠的人，他的名字当然是从一种非常柔软的食品而得来。Milquetoast 作为一个普通名词的第一例子于20世纪30年代中期被发现。 这样milquetoast 就加入了一类词， 这类词包括sad sack ， 一个由乔治·贝克于1942年发明指代愚蠢的陆军士兵的词汇，和Wimpy ，一个从滑稽漫画 突眼 中的丁·惠灵顿·温皮而得来的词， 它现在已成为汉堡包的商标。如果我们再看看相关的动画世界，我们当然得承认米奇老鼠 现在已成为指代容易的、不重要的、没有价值的或琐碎的东西的一个俚语词 〔bandy〕To discuss in a casual or frivolous manner:随便传播，胡乱散布：以漫不经心或琐碎的方式议论：〔confound〕picayune demands that all but confounded the peace talks.这些琐碎的要求只会使和平谈判受挫〔fig〕A trivial or contemptible amount:最小的一点，最琐碎的事：〔boring〕 Humdrum refers to what is commonplace, trivial, or unexcitingly routine: Humdrum 指陈腐、琐碎和无趣平凡的东西： 〔pester〕To harass with petty annoyances; bother.See Synonyms at harass 打扰，纠缠：用琐碎的事情来烦扰；困扰 参见 harass〔busy〕Cluttered with detail to the point of being distracting:繁杂的，杂乱的：琐碎凌乱达到分散的程度：〔trivial〕Of little significance or value.琐碎的，不重要的：不重要的或没有什么价值的〔trivial〕"Our knights are limited to petty enterprises" (Sir Walter Scott). “我们的骑士被局限于琐碎的事业” （华尔特·司各特爵士）。 〔fluffy〕Light or frivolous:无聊的，琐碎的：〔inconsiderable〕Too small or unimportant to merit attention or consideration; trivial.不值得考虑的：因太小或不重要而不值得重视或考虑的；琐碎的〔futile〕Trifling and frivolous; idle:不重要的和微不足道的；琐碎的：〔nitpicking〕Minute, trivial, unnecessary, and unjustified criticism or faultfinding.吹毛求疵：琐碎的微不足道的，不必要的且不公平的指责或挑剔〔menu〕An enormous menu might be considered an oxymoronif one were to restrict the word etymologically.Menu can be traced back to the Latin word minūtus, meaning "small in size, amount, or degree"and also "possessing or involving minute knowledge.”Latinminūtus became Old French menut and Modern French menu, "small, fine, trifling, minute.” The French adjective came to be used as a nounwith the sense of "detail, details collectively,” and "detailed list.”As such, it was used in the phrasemenu de repas, "list of items of a meal,” which was shortened tomenu. This word was borrowed into English,being first recorded in 1837.The French word had been borrowed before,perhaps only briefly,as a shortening of the French phrasemenu peuple, "the common people.” This usage, however, is recorded in only one text, in 1658.“一个庞大的菜单”这一说法可能会被看成是一种矛盾的修辞法，如果人们从语源学角度对这个词进行限制的话。Menu 这个词的词源可上溯到拉丁词 minutus， 意为“尺寸、数量或程度小的”，或者“具备或涉及到精细知识的。”这个拉丁词minutus 而后又成为古法语单词 menut 和现代法语单词 menu， 意为“小的、精巧的、琐碎的、详细的。” 这个法语形容词逐渐被用作名词，意为“细节、诸多细节”及“详细的名单”。就这样，它被用于词组menu de repas， 意为“一张菜肴明细单”， 后来这个词组又被简略为menu。 这个简略词被引入英语中，最早出现于1837年。这个法语单词以前也曾被英语借用过，但也许只用了很短一段时间，而且是作为意为“普通民众”的法语词组menu peuple 的简略词。 然而这一用法仅在1658年的一篇文章中出现过〔fool〕To engage in idle or frivolous activity.干蠢事：涉及无用或琐碎的行动〔cavil〕To find fault unnecessarily; raise trivial objections.See Synonyms at quibble 挑剔：不必要地寻找错误；提出琐碎的反对意见 参见 quibble〔simple〕Not important or significant; trivial.琐碎的：不重要的或没有重大意义的；琐细的〔skip〕skipped the minor details of the story.略去了故事的琐碎细节〔paltry〕Lacking in importance or worth; trivial.See Synonyms at trivial 微不足道的，没价值的；琐碎的 参见 trivial〔prate〕Empty, foolish, or trivial talk; idle chatter.闲聊：空洞、愚蠢或琐碎的谈话；闲聊〔piddling〕So trifling or trivial as to be beneath one's consideration.微小的，微不足道的：如此微小或琐碎的以至于不值得考虑的 |
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