微不足道的;无价值的;琐碎的
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微不足道的;无价值的;琐碎的
of little or no value; insignificant; trivial
The repair cost a diddley amount of money, so I paid without complaint.
修理费只是很少的一点点钱,所以我毫无怨言地付了。
用法提示:diddley 作定语修饰 amount,意为“微不足道的、很少的”。
She gave me a diddley explanation for the delay, and no one believed it.
她对延误给了一个不值一提的解释,没人相信。
用法提示:diddley 作定语修饰 explanation,表示“无价值的、无足轻重的”。
Their offer seemed diddley compared with ours, so we rejected it.
与我们的报价相比,他们的报价显得微不足道,所以我们拒绝了。
用法提示:diddley 作表语,表示“微不足道的”。
diddley 常用于口语,表示毫无价值或无关紧要。
His excuse is diddley.
他的借口微不足道。
I consider their contribution diddley.
我认为他们的贡献微不足道。
grammar · medium
易错句子He diddley me out of my money.
正确表达He diddled me out of my money.
“diddley”是形容词,意为“微不足道的”,不能用作动词。动词“欺骗”的正确形式是“diddle”,过去式是“diddled”。
grammar · medium
易错句子I have diddley left.
正确表达I have nothing left.
“diddley”是形容词,不能直接用作名词表示“没有东西”。应改用名词“nothing”或“none”来表达“一无所有”的意思。
diddle是动词,意为欺骗;diddley是形容词,意为微不足道。
diddly是名词/形容词,与diddley同义但拼写不同;diddley是形容词。
dilly-dally是动词,意为犹豫不决;diddley是形容词,意为微不足道。
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