Word · Frequency #19617
triflings
轻浮行为；闲混；不务正业
triflings is the plural of trifling.
核心释义
指不务正业、拖延玩耍的行为
The act of one who trifles; frivolous or idle behaviour, especially delaying and playing instead of working.
- 1.
玩忽职守的行为；轻浮的举止。
The act of one who trifles; frivolous behaviour.
- 2.
懈怠；拖延；玩忽
the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
玩忽职守的行为；轻浮的举止。；懈怠；拖延；玩忽；没什么价值的；微不足道的
用法In use
After a whole morning of trifling, he still hadn't written a single page of his essay.
用法提示：trifling 在此作名词，表示闲混、不务正业的行为。
The manager warned that constant trifling in the office would not be tolerated.
用法提示：trifling 用作名词，受形容词 constant 修饰，指持续的无意义消磨时间。
She scolded her son for his triflings when he should have been doing homework.
用法提示：triflings 是 trifling 的复数形式，作名词，指各种闲混、浪费时间的举动。
engage in trifling
He was fired for engaging in trifling at work.
他因在工作时偷懒而被解雇。
accuse [someone] of trifling
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- idle trifling
- 闲混；游手好闲
- The manager warned him that idle trifling would not be tolerated.经理警告他说，游手好闲是不能被容忍的。
- stop this trifling
- 别胡闹了；别闲混了
- Stop this trifling and get back to work immediately!别再闲混了，立刻回去工作！
- trifling with someone's affections
- 玩弄某人的感情
- Her constant trifling with his affections eventually broke his heart.她不断玩弄他的感情，最终让他心碎。
- mere trifling
- 不过是胡闹；纯粹的闲混
- The committee dismissed the whole affair as mere trifling.委员会认为这件事完全是胡闹，不予理会。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想 try + fling：把时间随手一甩（fling），只顾玩，就是 trifling（闲混、轻浮行为）。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary prose 作名词时比较少见，多用于正式或文学性描写，指轻浮、闲混或拖延的行为；日常英语更常用形容词 trifling 表示“微不足道的”。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 trifling 押韵的词是 stifling /ˈstaɪflɪŋ/ 和 rifling /ˈraɪflɪŋ/。piffling /ˈpɪflɪŋ/ 和 fling /flɪŋ/ 拼写相近，但元音不同，不押韵；trifle /ˈtraɪfəl/（复数 trifles /ˈtraɪfəlz/）以 /əl(z)/ 结尾，也不押韵。
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