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。

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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。

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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。

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"Even petty bribery,small bribery, is not a long-term sustainable approach to kind of grease the wheels,"

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She has way more power than she needs, it would seem, to destroy a petty little mages like Comus.

她会拥有更多的力量，那看上去足够，摧毁一个像科玛斯这样的英俊的法师。

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exhibits a sort of lofty detachment to the more or less petty things that weigh most of us down.

这类人展现了一种,对琐碎事物的崇高超脱,让我们大多数人无地自容。

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It may make a petty person all the more petty, or a shy person more sociable.

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Bringing up Mr Obama's association with Bill Ayers, a former terrorist, made him look petty on a day on which the Dow Jones had lost 8% of its value and people have much bleaker issues on their minds.

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This was essentially a petty move to send a message that the TSA team is not happy about being mocked.

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