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| 1 | usually before noun not important and not worth worrying about 微不足道的；不重要的 |
| I’ m not interested in their petty squabbles. 我对他们的小争执不感兴趣。 |
| Village life is full of gossip and petty jealousies. 乡村生活中满是闲言碎语和微不足道的争风吃醋。 |
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| 2 | unpleasant to someone because you care too much about something that is not really important 小题大做的；过于关注琐事的 |
| It was a bit petty to make me apologize to everyone. 让我向所有人道歉真是有点小题大做了。 |
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| 3 | only before noun minor 小的；轻微的 |
| a petty criminal/thief/offender 犯轻罪者/小偷/轻微犯规者 |
| petty bureaucrats/officials 小官僚主义者/下级官员 |
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