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chicken-shit

/ˈtʃɪkənˌʃɪt/

Meanings
noun

鸡毛蒜皮，小事一桩.

Petty and contemptible thing(s).

Examples :

"Instead of focusing on the larger problem, the manager spent all morning worrying about such chicken-shit like the color of the paperclips. "
与其关注更大的问题，经理却整个上午都在为回形针的颜色这种鸡毛蒜皮的小事烦恼。
attitude character negative moral word
noun

鸡毛蒜皮的小官，小人得志。

A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.

Examples :

"Our new supervisor is a real chicken-shit; he yells at us for being one minute late and makes us rewrite reports just to prove he's in charge. "
我们新来的主管真是个小人得志， 动不动就因为迟到一分钟冲我们大吼大叫，还让我们重写报告，就为了证明他说了算。
character person attitude military job

Related Words

Illustration underlings

underlings noun

/ˈʌndərˌlɪŋz/

下属，部下

"The manager gave instructions to his underlings about the new project. "

经理把新项目的指示告诉了他的下属。

Illustration paperclips

paperclips noun

/ˈpeɪpərklɪps/

回形针，纸夹子。

"I used paperclips to keep my homework pages together. "

我用回形针把作业的几页纸夹在一起。

Illustration chickenshit

chickenshit noun

/ˈtʃɪkənˌʃɪt/ /ˈtʃɪkɪnˌʃɪt/

鸡毛蒜皮（的事），小事一桩

"The office supply budget cuts are pure chickenshit; we're talking about saving pennies while the company makes millions. "

削减办公用品预算纯粹是鸡毛蒜皮的事，公司赚着几百万，却在这抠这点小钱。

Illustration focusing

focusing verb

/ˈfoʊkəsɪŋ/ /ˈfoʊkəsɪn/

专注，集中。

"I have to focus on my work."

我必须专注于我的工作。

Illustration needlessly

needlessly adverb

/ˈniːdləsli/ /ˈniːdələsli/

不必要地, 多余地

"He needlessly worried about the test result, even though he had studied hard. "

他明明很努力地学习了，却还是不必要地担心考试结果。

Illustration miserable

miserable noun

/ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/

可怜人，倒霉蛋。

"After losing his job and his home, he became a miserable, pitied by all who knew him. "

丢了工作又没了房子后，他成了一个可怜人，认识他的人都为他感到惋惜。

Illustration martinet

martinet noun

/mæɹtˈnɛt/

严厉的人，规矩多的人

"Our new teacher was a martinet; she expected perfect silence and obedience at all times. "

我们的新老师是个很严厉的人，规矩特别多，她总是要求我们绝对安静，完全服从。

Illustration everyone

everyone pronoun

/ˈɛv.ɹi.wʌn/

每个人，人人

"Everyone in the class needs to bring their textbook to the first lecture. "

班里每个人都需要带课本去第一节课。

Illustration supervisor

supervisor noun

/ˈsuːpɚˌvaɪzɚ/

主管，负责人

"The supervisor assigned the new tasks to the team. "

主管给团队分配了新任务。

Illustration worrying

worrying verb

/ˈwʌɹijˌɪŋ/

担心，忧虑。

"Stop worrying about your test, it’ll be fine."

别担心你的考试了，没事的。

Illustration unimportant

unimportant adjective

/ˌʌnɪmˈpɔːrtənt/ /ˌʌnɪmˈpɔːrtnt/

不重要的，微不足道的

"The argument about who got the last cookie was completely unimportant; it didn't affect our dinner plans at all. "

关于谁吃了最后一块饼干的争论完全是微不足道的；它根本没有影响我们的晚餐计划。

Illustration contemptible

contemptible adjective

/kənˈtɛmptəbəl/

卑鄙的，可鄙的

"Cheating on a test is a contemptible act that deserves punishment. "

考试作弊是卑鄙可耻的行为，理应受到惩罚。