Petty

(adj.) contemptibly narrow in outlook; 'petty little comments'; 'disgusted with their small-minded pettiness' .

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• To the party worker the petty and the honest issue are equally disturbing. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Such conditions are often minutely represented in our petty lifetimes. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It would be very petty of us who are well and can bear things, to think much of small offences from those who carry a weight of trial. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• At that point he had transcended the mind of the petty reformer completely. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• She wants petty, immediate POWER, she wants the illusion that she is a great woman, that is all. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• But Akbar, like all men, great or petty, lived within the limitations of his period and its circles of ideas. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But between ourselves, Windibank, it was as cruel and selfish and heartless a trick in a petty way as ever came before me. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.

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