The petty quarrels were a sad commentary on the state of the government.
这些鸡毛蒜皮的争吵说明了政府的状况很糟糕。
Petty crime is having a deleterious effect on community life.
轻罪对于社区生活正在产生有害影响。
Big business will never let petty nationalism get in the way of a good deal.
大公司绝不会因为狭隘的民族主义而耽误一笔大买卖。
A team of officers is trawling through the records of thousands of petty thieves.
一队警察正在数千名小偷的记录中搜索。
The article paints them as a bunch of petty criminals.
文章把他们描绘成一伙小犯罪分子。
The accountant said that we could use petty cash to buy paper but not to buy a new printer.
会计说我们可以用零用现金去买纸，但是不能用它买一个新的打印机。
So instead of responding to a saber-tooth tiger lurking behind a tree, the body reacts to petty annoyances like getting caught in traffic, being reprimanded by a supervisor, or worrying about bills.
（现在的）身体不是对隐藏在树背后龇牙咧嘴的老虎，而是对琐碎厌烦的事作出反应。
Computer is not a petty human.
计算机不是一个可爱的人。
A petty thief, a teacher and a lawyer die and go to heaven.
一个小偷，一个老师和一个律师他们死后去了天堂。
In a world preoccupied with consumerism and petty self-interest, that gives life dignity.
在一个消费主义和委琐私利充斥的世界里，道德感给生活以尊严。
And like the Petty Girl, the Monroe is for the millions a figure of fantasy rather than of flesh.
并且如同培地女孩一般，梦露在百万人面前是一个梦幻偶像而不是色相。
For those who cannot get such regular jobs, a petty business is the next best thing.
对找不到正常工作的人来说，一些零星琐碎的经营是再好不过的事情了。
Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships.
贫穷会引起恐惧、压力，有时候甚至是沮丧。这意味着小心眼、卑微和很多艰难困苦。
Sacking him now gives the Republicans a golden opportunity to say that Mr Obama is taking petty revenge against a dedicated warrior guilty only of too much candour and a want of tact.
现在解雇他无疑给了共和党一个黄金话柄：共和党会认为奥巴马在报复一位鞠躬尽瘁，若说有罪也只因太坦白和不谨慎的军人。
A break in the investigation came when a petty thief testified that he had overheard the Crowninshield brothers plotting the crime in a gambling house.
谋杀调查取得了突破，一个惯偷证实，他曾在一家赌场无意间听到克劳宁希尔德兄弟在密谋作案。
It was a place of open doors, of the one strange family about whom everyone gossiped, and of petty hierarchies and loyalties; a place both smug and safe.
小城家家不须设防，也有一个受谣言包围的奇怪家庭，有等级的分化，也有等级的归属感；总而言之，是一个虽然自负但却安全的地方。
Despite a two-year lapse in communication due to a conflict, the earthquake was a wake-up call, on the urgency to reconcile, to express his deep care and concern despite a petty grudge.
因为一个口角，他们已两年疏于交流，而此时的地震迫使他妥协并忽视那微不足道的踌躇，向女孩表达深切的关爱。
This is a family of minds which are, at once, great and petty.
这是某种思想家的类型，既伟大又渺小。
If ever there was a moment for Pakistani politicians to look up from their own petty rivalries, it is now, as the receding floodwaters reveal a poor, crowded and ruined country.
此时，正是巴基斯坦政客们需要将他们的目光从对手身上移开的时刻，他们应该关注更重要的问题，因为洪水褪去时展现出的是一个贫穷、拥挤、被摧毁的国家。
The letter said an inmate named Hatch, a petty thief, claimed he had crucial information.
他在信中说，狱中一位名叫希奇的惯偷宣称自己掌握了一些关于谋杀案的关键信息。
The protracted and petty legal combat I had just suffered through was a case that should have been settled but for bad blood in a family relationship.
我刚从一个家庭关系不和的案子里挣脱出来，一个耗时的无足轻重的法律纠纷。
Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries.
生活是狭隘的，直到坚强的理念拓展它的界限。
Three days later, I was jogging down the street, my mind swimming with petty worries, when a splash of bright orange caught my eyes.
三天后，我在街上跑步，脑子里想着几件扰人的小事，昏昏沉沉的。
Three days later, I was jogging down the street, my mind swimming with petty worries, when a splash of bright orange caught my eyes.
三天后，我在街上跑步，脑子里想着几件扰人的小事，昏昏沉沉的。
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