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

• It's been niggling me all week; I can't remember where I put it.
  一个星期来它使我不得安宁；我记不起把它放在什么地方了。
• It's been niggling at my mind ever since I met Neville in Nice
  自从在尼斯见到内维尔后，我一直忐忑不安。
• 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。
• 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。
• However, although most of them are not so interested in marriage, they do harbour a niggling fear at the back of their minds that they are going to be lonely in their old age.
  虽然她们中的大部分都对婚姻不感兴趣，但她们内心却藏着一个莫名的恐惧。她们恐怕她们在年老时孤独。
• And with sunscreen I reasoned that the protection it delivers ( to borrow from the cosmetic industry's lexicon) outweighs any niggling doubts about its ingredients.
  对于防晒霜，我理性的判断是看重防晒霜提供（deliver这个词来自化妆品行业词典）的防护作用，比烦恼它本身的配方怎样重要的多。
• Both players have been suffering from niggling injuries.
  两名运动员一直在忍受轻微的伤痛。
• Paul and then there's a niggling problem with the cooker.
  炊具有繁琐的问题。
• Plenty of chefs don't touch food ( they conceptualize: their minions mince the shallots and deglaze the saucepans), but I still have one niggling question: Who accidentally drinks antifreeze?
  许多厨师都不碰食物（这是后厨的规矩：由下属负责切洋葱和清洗炒锅之类的杂活）。但我还是不明白：谁会不小心喝防冻液呢？
• And yet I feel a niggling unease.
  不过我有些微不安。