trivial
adjective /ˈtrɪviəl/
/ˈtrɪviəl/
- not important or serious; not worth considering
不重要的;琐碎的;微不足道的 - a trivial detail
细枝末节 - I know it sounds trivial, but I'm worried about it.
我知道这事听起来微不足道,但我还是放心不下。 - I'll try to fix it—but it's not trivial (= it may be difficult to fix).
我会设法修好,不过这并非易事。
- Apparently trivial clues may turn out to be quite important.
看似微不足道的线索实际上可能相当重要。 - He made a few essentially trivial changes.
他做了一些实质上无多大意义的变动。 - I didn't want to bother you with such a trivial matter.
我不想拿这样的琐事来烦你。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- look
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- extremely
- fairly
- very
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词源late Middle English: from medieval Latin trivialis, from Latin trivium ‘place where three roads meet’. - a trivial detail