trivial

adjective
🔊/ˈtrɪviəl/
🔊/ˈtrɪviəl/
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  1. 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。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • 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。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • appear
    • be
    • look
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin trivialis, from Latin trivium ‘place where three roads meet’.