niggling

英 [ˈnɪɡlɪŋ]

美 [ˈnɪɡlɪŋ]

adj.  (不严重却不断)烦人的，疼痛的; 不重要的; 微不足道的
v.  使烦恼; 使焦虑; 吹毛求疵; 挑剔
niggle的现在分词

现在分词：niggling　

GRE

BNC.19300 / COCA.30781

牛津词典

adj.

• （不严重却不断）烦人的，疼痛的
  used to describe a slight feeling of worry or pain that does not go away
  1. She had niggling doubts about their relationship.
     她时常对他们的关系有一丝疑虑。
  2. a series of niggling injuries
     接连不断的小伤痛
• 不重要的；微不足道的
  not important
  1. niggling details
     琐碎的细节

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 麻烦的;琐碎的;细小的
  Anigglinginjury or worry is small but bothers you over a long period of time.
  1. Both players have been suffering from niggling injuries.
     两名运动员一直在忍受轻微的伤痛。
  2. ...a niggling worry that the cheap car is also the one that will cause endless trouble.
     对廉价轿车会麻烦不断的一丝担忧

英英释义

adj

• (informal) small and of little importance
  1. a fiddling sum of money
  2. a footling gesture
  3. our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
  4. a little (or small) matter
  5. a dispute over niggling details
  6. limited to petty enterprises
  7. piffling efforts
  8. giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction
  Synonym:fiddlingfootlinglilliputianlittlepiddlingpifflingpettypicayunetrivial

双语例句

• In granary sampling robots, there are lots of methods solving inverse kinematics, but they are niggling and their operation procedures are lengthy.
  在粮仓取样机器人中，求运动学逆解的方法很多，但都比较繁琐，运算过程冗长。
• Paul and then there's a niggling problem with the cooker.
  炊具有繁琐的问题。
• The battle between the two main challengers has been dominated by niggling personal issues and trivial disputes.
  这两位竞争对手之间的战争主要围绕琐碎的个人小事和争议展开。
• If things are niggling you and bad moods are a familiar deal to you, then it's a good bet that something's not quite right somewhere in your life.
  如果有些事情总是令你伤神费力，总是让你感到心情不好，那就说明你生活中的某件事情肯定做的不对。
• But I think we need a separate representative body to debate the big questions of whether our representative bodies should be debating the big questions or taking care of niggling details.
  但是我认为我们需要一个单独的众议员体制来讨论关于我们现有的众议员是否有资格讨论大问题或者关心那些琐碎的细节这个大问题。
• I work hard and I always train even if I've got a niggling injury.
  我很努力，即便有点小伤也还坚持训练。
• Marlowe struggled with a niggling respect for the man, despite his sore jaw.
  玛露力争维护那男人的尊严，不管她父亲的那种教训。
• It began as just one of those niggling everyday frustrations.
  灵感源于日常生活中常见的那些让人头疼的琐事。
• The niggling job of mending all the small holes.
  修补所有小洞的繁琐工作。
• Niggling details aside, the arrival of the first flight on July4th was treated as a big breakthrough.
  抛开细节不谈，7月4日首航的到来被认为是一大突破。