trifle with sb/sth
常用于否定句或警告语境。
He is not a man to be trifled with.
他不是一个可以随便开玩笑的人。
轻视；小看；玩弄；戏弄
trifled — past of trifle
开玩笑；说笑；打趣；浪费；虚掷；挥霍；把某事当作无关紧要或没有价值来对待。；以戏谑的方式行动、说话或举止。；无关紧要地摆弄某物。
To treat or deal with someone or something as if they were of little importance; to toy with something in a casual, unserious way.
常与 with 连用，表示不认真对待或玩弄某人/某物。
把某事当作无关紧要或没有价值来对待。
To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.
以戏谑的方式行动、说话或举止。
To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest.
无关紧要地摆弄某物。
To inconsequentially toy with something.
浪费；挥霍。
To squander or waste.
一般现在时
He often trifles with his food.
他经常玩弄食物。
一般过去时
She trifled away the whole afternoon.
她虚度了整个下午。
present progressive
Stop trifling with the cat's tail!
别再拨弄猫尾巴了！
动词，意为'玩弄、虚度（光阴）'，常与with搭配
Don't trifle with your health; get enough sleep and exercise.
不要拿你的健康当儿戏；要保证充足的睡眠和锻炼。
用法提示：trifle with 意为‘轻视，不认真对待’，此处用于否定祈使句。
He trifled with her feelings by making promises he never kept.
他拿她的感情当儿戏，许下承诺却从不兑现。
用法提示：trifle with 后接 someone/something，表示‘轻率对待’，过去式为 trifled。
She is not someone to trifle with; she always gets what she wants.
她可不是好惹的人；她想要的东西总能得到。
用法提示：不定式 to trifle with 用于 be someone to... 结构，强调‘不可轻慢’。
常用于否定句或警告语境。
He is not a man to be trifled with.
他不是一个可以随便开玩笑的人。
She trifled away her youth on trivial pursuits.
她把自己的青春浪费在了琐碎的事情上。
与trifle with最接近，但语气更偏随意玩弄；trifle with更强调不尊重，常用于警示语not to be trifled with。
及物动词，宾语多为问题或事件，不用于人；语法结构与trifle with不同。
及物动词，可接人或其成就，强调主动贬损；比trifle with更具敌意。
及物动词，多指迅速决定某事不值得考虑；与trifle with相比更侧重主观拒绝，而非态度轻慢。
grammar · medium
易错句子He trifled his time on useless things.
正确表达He trifled away his time on useless things.
动词 trifle 作“浪费”解时是不及物动词，需搭配 away 表示“虚度（时光）”，直接接宾语是错误的。加上 away 后构成短语动词，意思自然。
grammar · medium
易错句子Don't trifle me; I am serious.
正确表达Don't trifle with me; I am serious.
动词 trifle 作“开玩笑/玩弄”解时需用介词 with 引出对象，不能直接接宾语。加上 with 后语法正确且语义清晰。
trifle作为动词表示“浪费”或“开玩笑”，而trivial是形容词，表示“琐碎的”，不能作动词使用。
dally与trifle在“浪费时间”或“嬉戏”意义上相似，但dally常含调情意味，且不及物动词通常接with。
fritter强调逐步消耗，常接away；trifle作“浪费”时更侧重轻率地对待。
轻慢对待；玩弄
He was angry because he felt the manager was trifling with him.
他很生气，因为他觉得经理在耍弄他。
不可小觑；不好惹
The new coach is a strict man not to be trifled with.
新教练很严格，是个不好惹的人。
浪费；虚度（时间、金钱等）
Don't trifle away your youth on meaningless pursuits.
不要把青春虚度在无意义的事情上。
玩弄某人的感情
She warned him never to trifle with her affections again.
她警告他再也不要玩弄自己的感情。
trifle away 后常接时间，表示把时间白白浪费掉。
与 trifle away 搭配，指因轻慢而错过或浪费机会。
trifle with 的常见宾语，指不严肃地对待他人感情。
trifle with 的常见宾语，表示轻视或小看危险。
trifle with someone's affection 是常见搭配，指玩弄他人的爱慕之心。
轻慢对待；戏弄
He is not someone to be trifled with.
他可不是好惹的。
浪费（时间、金钱等）
Don't trifle away your time on games.
别把时间浪费在游戏上。
玩弄某人的感情
She accused him of trifling with her affections.
她指责他玩弄她的感情。
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