piffling

Einstein was said always to wear the same clothes so as to avoid having to trouble his brain with such piffling matters as deciding between suits.

据说，爱因斯坦总是穿着同样的衣服，这样就用不着为穿什么衣服这种琐事而伤脑筋。

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.

piffling amounts

微不足道的数量

Yet what it says about Royal Mail, apart from the piffling detail that its managers can neither write nor proofread, is deeply troubling.

然而，它除了暴露出经理们既不会写信、也不会检查错字这一琐碎细节以外，它对皇家邮政的揭示也令人深感不安。

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.

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。

...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.

The school's Rs600000 ($ 9050) fees for the residential two-year course, though piffling compared with the$ 45697 tuition fee for just a year at Harvard, is still a stretch for many of its students.

该学院的全日制两年住校课程学费为60万印度卢比（合9050美元），与哈佛大学一年就45697美元的学费相比简直微不足道，但对该学院很多学生而言仍然太贵。

His demands for a tad more financial autonomy and oversight of the courts are piffling.

他的要求（要求更多一点的金融自治权和对法庭的监督权）微不足道。

He considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost; piffling efforts; a trifling matter.

他总是考虑生活中一些极琐碎事情的开支；微不足道的努力；琐碎的事情。