English Dictionary

trifle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtɹaɪfəl/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞 廃用

(intransitive) To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth. / (intransitive) To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest. / (intransitive) To inconsequentially toy with something.

日本語の意味

重要でないものとして扱う、軽視する / 冗談めかして振る舞う、ふざける / 些細なものに対して本気で取り組まずに弄ぶ

Don't trifle with people's trust; once it's broken it's hard to repair.

人々の信頼を軽んじてはいけない。一度壊れると修復するのは難しい。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.

You must not trifle with her affections.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest.

[…] playing and trifling are completely banished out of my mind […]

意味（3）

(intransitive) To inconsequentially toy with something.

Mr. Micawber, leaning back in his chair, trifled with his eye-glass and cast his eyes up at the ceiling […]

意味（4）

(transitive) To squander or waste.

We trifle time: I pray thee, pursue sentence.

意味（5）

(transitive, obsolete) To make a trifle of, to make trivial.

[…] but this sore night Hath trifled former knowings.

trifles （ present singular third-person ）

trifling （ participle present ）

trifled （ participle past ）

trifled （ past ）