trivial problem/matter/complaint etc• From a human relations point of view, Janet had outsmarted Hazel by refusing to become a victim over a trivial matter.• Having committed himself by revealing defence secrets, such freedom of speech seemed a trivial matter.• In contrast to what he had been fearing, it was a trivial matter.• In general they overestimate the amount available and underestimate the time wasted by being fragmented in small amounts on rather trivial matters.• Our obsession with cleanliness is no trivial matter.• There was no satisfactorymethod of dealing with trivial complaints.• To meet the target, managers were forced wastefully to expendresources on the most trivial complaints.• Installing and maintaining a Webserver is not a trivial matter, however, given the security and administrative issues involved.
Origintrivial
(1400-1500)Latintrivialis“found everywhere, common”, from trivium“place where three roads meet, crossroads”, from tri- + via“way”
VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤appear, be, look, seem, sound顯得微不足道;微不足道;看上去微不足道;好像微不足道;聽上去微不足道➤render sth使⋯顯得瑣碎▸➤consider sth, deem sth, regard sth as認為⋯無足輕重;把⋯視為無關緊要ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常瑣碎▸➤completely, utterly極其瑣碎▸➤almost幾乎不值一提▸➤comparatively, relatively相對瑣碎▸➤essentially (especially BrE) 實質上無意義的◇He made a few essentially trivial changes.他做了一些實質上無多大意義的變動。➤apparently, seemingly顯得/看來微不足道◇Apparently trivial clues may turn out to be important.看似微不足道的線索實際上可能相當重要。