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Trifle Meaning Traɪfl Succeed Waste Time Movies Dances

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Pron ['traɪfl]
Back 【TRIFLE】
You will not succeed if you waste your time on trifles such as movies and dances.
如果你浪费时间在看电影、跳舞等琐事上,那你将不会成功。
【重点词汇】
trifle n. 琐事
Vocab
triflea detail that is considered insignificant

A trifle is something that's totally unimportant. If your friend is freaking out over which shoes to buy and you call her dilemma a trifle, you're saying she shouldn't get so worked up over nothing.

Trifle comes from the Middle English trufle, meaning "fraud, joke, trick." You'll usually hear it used to mean "insignificant, trivial." If you write a little ditty to sing at a birthday party, you could say it's just a trifle. As a verb, trifle means "toy with, waste." If you play with someone's feelings without seriously meaning anything, you are trifling with his affection. Trifle is also a sweet, sticky cake. Don't trifle the day away dreaming about trifle. Make some!

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