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niggling niggardliness

niggling
[英] [ˈnɪglɪŋ] [美] [ˈnɪɡlɪŋ] 生词本

adj.

v.

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1. ADJ-GRADED 麻烦的;琐碎的;细小的 A niggling injury or worry is small but bothers you over a long period of time. 

  • Both players have been suffering from niggling injuries.

    两名运动员一直在忍受轻微的伤痛。

  • ...a niggling worry that the cheap car is also the one that will cause endless trouble.

    对廉价轿车会麻烦不断的一丝担忧

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"
1. The matter is too small to be worth niggling over.
小小不言的事，不必计较。

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