footling

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基本釋義

adj.
<口>愚昧的,無價值的,微不足道的
v.
<非正>閑混( footle的現(xiàn)在分詞 )

實用例句

Where have you been footling around?

你游蕩到哪兒去了?

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Congress's response to recent bribery scandals has been to impose footling restrictions on lobbyists.

國會對于近期行賄丑聞的回應是給說客強加了瑣細的限制條款.

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英英釋義

Adjective
  • 1. (informal terms) small and of little importance;

    "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"

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