【句子】Cam was right. I...I was being petty. 【ModernFamilyS3E11】

【发音技巧】petty闪音；

【翻译】小卡说得对。是我太心胸狭窄了/斤斤计较。

今天学习一个形容词，petty。

这个单词既可以形容事情：not important and not worth giving attention to;

“很琐碎的，不重要的；不值得关注的”；

eg: I don’t have time for petty matters like that.

我没时间处理那些琐碎的小事儿。

eg: I'm not interested in their petty squabbles.

我对他们琐碎的争吵并不感兴趣。

eg: Prisoners complain that they are subjected to too many petty rules and restrictions.

犯人们抱怨说他们为太多的琐碎的规则和限制而感到困扰。

petty也可以用来形容人，表示这个人“小心眼，不大气；小肚鸡肠；因为一些很小、很琐碎的事情而抱怨个不停”

complaining too much about things that are not important:

eg: Don't be so petty!

别这么斤斤计较！

eg: How could you be so petty?

你怎么这么小肚鸡肠？

eg: The women in the story are petty and hateful.

这个故事里面的女人们，都斤斤计较，还十分可恶。

eg: It was a bit petty to make me apologize to everyone.

让我向每一个人道歉，这种行为有点小气。

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My behavior was petty and stupid. I apologize.

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