每日N词 | picayune-微不足道的;不值钱的 | 20170504

The trouble with your studying is that you spend too much time on picayune details and not enough on the really important matters.

你学习上的问题是，花在过度索粹细节的时间太多，而真正重要的事情上却时间太少。

▷picayune [ˌpɪkə'juːn]（adj.）

【释义】The adjective picayune refers to those things that are so small, trivial, and unimportant that they're not worth getting into. Why focus on the picayune details, when it's the larger ideas that are the real problem?

having little  or 

没有价值的；微不足道的

The   in this  makes  own    picayune.这场战争的苦难使个人的烦恼显得微不足道。

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