piffling amounts
微不足道的数量
牛津词典
...some piffling dispute regarding visiting rights.
有关探视权的一些无关紧要的争论
He got paid a piffling sum after weeks of work.
他工作数周所得甚微.
期刊摘选
Today's piffling fines – ￡30 for riding on the pavement – should also be drastically raised.
如今,骑车族上人行道要罚款30英镑.这种微不足道的罚款也应大幅提高.
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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.
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"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"