trivia

英 [ˈtrɪviə]

美 [ˈtrɪviə]

n.  琐事; 细枝末节; (智力测验比赛用的)各种科目的知识

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.19325 / COCA.13495

牛津词典

noun

• 琐事；细枝末节
  unimportant matters, details or information
  1. We spent the whole evening discussing domestic trivia.
     我们整个晚上谈论家庭琐事。
• （智力测验比赛用的）各种科目的知识
  facts about many subjects that are used in a game to test people's knowledge
  1. a trivia quiz
     知识面宽的问答比赛

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 琐事；花边消息
  Triviais unimportant facts or details that are considered to be amusing rather than serious or useful.
  1. The two men chatted about such trivia as their favourite kinds of fast food...
     这两个男人闲聊了些诸如彼此最喜欢的快餐这样的琐事。
  2. The newspaper is now weighted in favour of trivia.
     这份报纸如今倾向于报道一些花边消息。
• ADJ (游戏或竞赛)益智问答的
  Atriviagame or competition is one where the competitors are asked questions about interesting but unimportant facts in many subjects.
  1. ...a pub trivia game.
     酒馆知识问答游戏

英英释义

noun

• something of small importance
  Synonym:trivialitytriflesmall beer

双语例句

• This intervention is no simple weather trivia.
  这种干预可就不是天气状况之类的小事了。
• Trivia game is designed for you to memorize better the states'map name and shape.
  问答游戏是为了更好的记忆这些州的地图形状和名字而设计。
• Here's a bit of trivia for you: What was Veterans Day originally called?
  有个小问题要考考你：老兵纪念日最初叫什么？
• She has an encyclopaedic knowledge of pop trivia.
  她对流行音乐的细微末节无所不知。
• In the download section of this page, there is a sports trivia game ( a low level and a more challenging level) you can try with your students.
  在本页的下载部分，有一个关于体育运动点滴的游戏，你可以和你的学生们一起玩这个游戏。
• And she gives him a wonderful outlet for his thoughts and trivia that other people never seems to have the of day for.
  她则可以给他一个极好的途径去宣泄他任何的想法和琐事，而这些似乎是其他人永远也不会有时间给的。
• You will find it easier to sort out all the trivia that comes your way.
  你会发现分类处理你每天面临的琐事将变得很容易。
• We don't want to overwhelm with trivia; but to some degree of useful division of time and resources.
  我们不想被琐事压垮；但在某种程度上应该擅于把时间和资源划分成小块。
• Here's a trivia question: Do you know what's the busiest time for most customer service representatives?
  这里有一个小问题：你知道什么时候是大部份顾客服务人员最忙的时候吗？
• Other times, the announcer will pose a baseball trivia question.
  其他时候，广播员就构成了棒球鸡毛蒜皮的问题。