niggling

GRE

英[ˈnɪglɪŋ]
美[ˈnɪɡlɪŋ]

基本释义

adj.
不断烦扰的; (一件工作)费神的; 难办的; 繁琐的
v.
为小事操心,吹毛求疵( niggle的现在分词 ); 不断地烦扰

实用例句

She had niggling doubts about their relationship.

她时常对他们的关系有一丝疑虑。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

The matter is too small to be worth niggling over.

小小不言的事,不必计较.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

It's been niggling at my mind ever since I met Neville in Nice.

自从在尼斯见到内维尔后,我一直忐忑不安。

柯林斯例句

Both players have been suffering from niggling injuries.

两名运动员一直在忍受轻微的伤痛。

辞典例句

Stop niggling about every penny we spend.

别再为我们花的每个小钱费心思了.

辞典例句

EXAMPLE: The impatient boss angers his employees by arguing with them over niggling little details.

这位不耐烦的老板为鸡毛蒜皮的小事与员工争论,惹恼了他们.

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I don't see why they should be niggling over paying a few pounds into the fund.

我不明白他们为什么对这笔基金投入几镑钱而如此在乎.

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I work hard and I always train even if I've got a niggling injury.

我很努力,即便有点小伤也还坚持训练.

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Petty niggling, mean tricks , bureaucracy, and Ah Q - ism are of no use at all.

打小算盘,弄小智术, 官僚主义, 阿Q主义,实际上毫无用处.

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She still felt the same niggling doubt: was he really telling the truth?

她仍然无法消除萦绕心头的疑虑: 他真的说实话了 吗 ?

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The tutorial investor is not after control , but he wants to guide you on niggling issue.

在他给你开支票钱, 你也许感觉他是个慈善的导师.

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真题例句

This tension between what we feel we can have and " what we're seemingly able to have is the niggling suffering, the anxiety we feel.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

英英释义

Adjective
  • 1. (informal terms) small and of little importance;

    "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"

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