piffling amounts
微不足道的數(shù)量
牛津詞典
...some piffling dispute regarding visiting rights.
有關(guān)探視權(quán)的一些無關(guān)緊要的爭論
He got paid a piffling sum after weeks of work.
他工作數(shù)周所得甚微.
期刊摘選
Today's piffling fines – ￡30 for riding on the pavement – should also be drastically raised.
如今,騎車族上人行道要罰款30英鎊.這種微不足道的罰款也應(yīng)大幅提高.
期刊摘選
The figure for blacks was a piffling $ 57.
排在此位的黑人只有微不足道的57美元.
期刊摘選
"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"