piffling
adj
(infml derog 口, 贬)
(a) trivial 琐碎的
piffling complaints 无谓的牢骚.
(b) very small; worthless 极小的; 无价值的
He got paid a piffling sum after weeks of work. 他工作数周所得甚微.
🗣️ 情景例句
78 percent of black high-school graduates are unemployed.
百分之四十八的黑人高中毕业生失业。
A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend.
开玩笑总不能化敌为友,反而有时会失去朋友。
and the profits from the exhibition were used to build museums and colleges.