【句子】Cam was right. I...I was being petty. 【ModernFamilyS3E11】 【发音】/kæm/ /wɒz/ /wɑːz/ /raɪt/ /aɪ/ /aɪ/ /wɒz/ /wɑːz/ /ˈbiː.ɪŋ/ /ˈpet.i/ 【发音技巧】petty闪音；【翻译】小卡说得对。是我太心胸狭窄了/斤斤计较。【适用场合】今天学习一个形容词，petty。这个单词既可以形容事情：not important and not worth giving attention to;“很琐碎的，不重要的；不值得关注的”；eg: I don’t have time for petty matters like that.我没时间处理那些琐碎的小事儿。eg: I'm not interested in their petty squabbles.我对他们琐碎的争吵并不感兴趣。eg: Prisoners complain that they are subjected to too many petty rules and restrictions.犯人们抱怨说他们为太多的琐碎的规则和限制而感到困扰。petty也可以用来形容人，表示这个人“小心眼，不大气；小肚鸡肠；因为一些很小、很琐碎的事情而抱怨个不停”complaining too much about things that are not important:eg: Don't be so petty!别这么斤斤计较！eg: How could you be so petty?你怎么这么小肚鸡肠？eg: The women in the story are petty and hateful.这个故事里面的女人们，都斤斤计较，还十分可恶。eg: It was a bit petty to make me apologize to everyone.让我向每一个人道歉，这种行为有点小气。【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】My behavior was petty and stupid. I apologize.
