你昨天在公共汽车站上心不在焉没有注意到我。 (You were too preoccupied to notice me at the bus stop yesterday. Pattern be preoccupied with 全神贯注于 11)(Para 6) petty: a 1. of small importance; trivial *We started having arguments over petty little things (The meeting spent too much time on petty issues, and didnt address the real problem 2 unkind and caring too much about small unimportant things How can she be so petty? 他有时候在金钱上很小气。 (Sometimes he can be so petty about money. Collocations petty and childish behaviour 小心眼和孩子气的行为 petty about money 在金钱上很小气 petty cash 零用现金 petty larceny 小偷小摸 petty officer 海军士官 12)(Para 6)mean: a ignoble I never thought he was capable of doing such a mean thing to his brother They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort (=他们有一种奔放不羁的风度,没有对卑鄙的野心目标的无聊的追逐和对舒适的 迷恋。) cf. low, mean, cheap shabby 这些形容词均有“卑鄙的,卑贱的,卑下的”意思 指行为卑鄙、可耻、下文明,可引申指庸俗 mean暗示狠毒、贪婪、缺乏尊严感等为人们所不耻的卑鄙、自私、泐小的 行为。 cheap侧指人或物的品质低劣下贱。 shabby指行为的不公和卑劣,往往使人感到不屑和轻蔑。7 你昨天在公共汽车站上心不在焉,没有注意到我。 (=You were too preoccupied to notice me at the bus stop yesterday.) Pattern: be preoccupied with 全神贯注于 11) (Para 6) petty: a. 1. of small importance; trivial *We started having arguments over petty little things. (=The meeting spent too much time on petty issues, and didn't address the real problem.) 2) unkind and caring too much about small unimportant things *How can she be so petty? 他有时候在金钱上很小气。 (=Sometimes he can be so petty about money.) Collocations: petty and childish behaviour 小心眼和孩子气的行为 petty about money 在金钱上很小气 petty cash 零用现金 petty larceny 小偷小摸 petty officer 海军士官 12) (Para 6) mean: a. ignoble *I never thought he was capable of doing such a mean thing to his brother. They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort. (=他们有一种奔放不羁的风度，没有对卑鄙的野心目标的无聊的追逐和对舒适的 迷恋。) cf. low, mean, cheap & shabby 这些形容词均有“卑鄙的，卑贱的，卑下的”意思。 low 指行为卑鄙、可耻、下文明，可引申指庸俗。 mean 暗示狠毒、贪婪、缺乏尊严感等为人们所不耻的卑鄙、自私、渺小的 行为。 cheap 侧指人或物的品质低劣下贱。 shabby 指行为的不公和卑劣，往往使人感到不屑和轻蔑