niggling

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英[?n?gl??]
美[?n?ɡl??]

基本釋義

adj.
不斷煩擾的; (一件工作)費(fèi)神的; 難辦的; 繁瑣的
v.
為小事操心,吹毛求疵( niggle的現(xiàn)在分詞 ); 不斷地?zé)_

實(shí)用例句

She had niggling doubts about their relationship.

她時(shí)常對(duì)他們的關(guān)系有一絲疑慮。

《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》

The matter is too small to be worth niggling over.

小小不言的事,不必計(jì)較.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

It's been niggling at my mind ever since I met Neville in Nice.

自從在尼斯見到內(nèi)維爾后,我一直忐忑不安。

柯林斯例句

Both players have been suffering from niggling injuries.

兩名運(yùn)動(dòng)員一直在忍受輕微的傷痛。

辭典例句

Stop niggling about every penny we spend.

別再為我們花的每個(gè)小錢費(fèi)心思了.

辭典例句

EXAMPLE: The impatient boss angers his employees by arguing with them over niggling little details.

這位不耐煩的老板為雞毛蒜皮的小事與員工爭論,惹惱了他們.

互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

I don't see why they should be niggling over paying a few pounds into the fund.

我不明白他們?yōu)槭裁磳?duì)這筆基金投入幾鎊錢而如此在乎.

互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

I work hard and I always train even if I've got a niggling injury.

我很努力,即便有點(diǎn)小傷也還堅(jiān)持訓(xùn)練.

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Petty niggling, mean tricks , bureaucracy, and Ah Q - ism are of no use at all.

打小算盤,弄小智術(shù), 官僚主義, 阿Q主義,實(shí)際上毫無用處.

互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

She still felt the same niggling doubt: was he really telling the truth?

她仍然無法消除縈繞心頭的疑慮: 他真的說實(shí)話了 嗎 ?

互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

The tutorial investor is not after control , but he wants to guide you on niggling issue.

在他給你開支票錢, 你也許感覺他是個(gè)慈善的導(dǎo)師.

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真題例句

This tension between what we feel we can have and " what we're seemingly able to have is the niggling suffering, the anxiety we feel.

2015年高考英語福建卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

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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