1. 1微不足道的、少得可憐的(少到沒用)

    A piffling amount is so small that it is almost useless — not worth getting about, and sometimes not worth having. A piffling pay rise, a piffling fine, a piffling number of votes. The word is : you are saying that is nothing, really. It comes from piffle, “nonsense”; the idea is that the amount is so small it feels like a joke. Though actually it is about size and worth, not about whether someone is talking nonsense. A piffling sum can still be quite real money to a student, which is why the word can sound a bit snobbish in the mouth of a rich person.

組成From piffle + -ing: the adjective for something as small and empty as piffle.

同家族的字

  • pifflefrom piffle, “nonsense” — a piffling amount is so small it feels like nonsense to make a fuss about

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

pifflingadj

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    informalpetty; unimportant

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

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