Duchess Satin works best in formal, structured gowns with petticoats worn underneath, especially A-Line silhouettes.

She is a regular boxer in petticoats.

她是个十足的巾帼拳击家.

I've known him ever since he was in petticoats.

还在幼年时我就认识他.

The handling is simple and is a far cry from pettifogging tidy structure.

处理简单,是相去甚远讼棍整齐的结构.

...pettifogging bureaucratic interference.

吹毛求疵的官僚干预

We see him whole, and our vision is unobstructed by the pettiness in life.

我们看到了完整的他, 生活的琐屑阻碍不了我们的想望.

Never had she met such spite and pettiness.

她从未见过这样的怨恨和偏狭。

Tom is a nice person, except for his pettiness.

汤姆这人什么都好,就是有点小里小气的.

There should be sincerity and not hypocrisy , large-mindedness and not pettiness, in dealing with people.

待人以诚而去其诈, 待人以宽而去其隘.

Raise your eyes above the pettiness and follow the path of greatness that is within you.

将你的目光置于琐碎之外,重视藏于你内心的伟大.

I can't act in pettish to you any further.

我再也不能对你撒娇了。

" Oh, no,'she said, almost pettishly, " I just don't feel very good. "

“ 哦, 不是, " 她说, 几乎想发火了, " 我只是觉得不大好受. ”

...endless rules and petty regulations...

没完没了的规则和繁复琐碎的规定

How could you be so petty?

你怎么那么小气呢？

Some petty bureaucrat wanted all the documents in triplicate.

有些小官僚要求所有文件都一式三份。

He was also petty, unreasonably querulous, and mean.

他还是个气量狭窄, 无事生非, 平庸刻薄的人.

petty crime/theft (= that is not very serious)

轻微罪行 / 偷窃

He was petty-minded and obsessed with detail...

他小肚鸡肠，满脑子都是鸡毛蒜皮的事儿。

...petty crime, such as handbag-snatching and minor break-ins.

抢手提包和入室盗窃等轻罪

a petty criminal/thief

轻罪犯；小窃贼

I think that attitude is a bit petty.

我觉得那种态度有点小题大做。