trivial

adj

1. (informal) small and of little importance

e.g. a fiddling sum of money
a footling gesture
our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
a little (or small) matter
a dispute over niggling details
limited to petty enterprises
piffling efforts
giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction

Synonym: fiddlingfootlinglilliputianlittlenigglingpiddlingpifflingpettypicayune

2. concerned with trivialities

e.g. a trivial young woman
a trivial mind

3. of little substance or significance

e.g. a few superficial editorial changes
only trivial objections

Synonym: superficial

1. 琐碎的;不重要的;微不足道的
If you describe something as trivial, you think that it is unimportant and not serious.

e.g. The director tried to wave aside these issues as trivial details that could be settled later...
主管试图对这些问题置之不理，认为都是些细枝末节的小事，可以稍后解决。
e.g. I don't like to visit the doctor just for something trivial.
我不喜欢为一点小毛病就去看医生。

1. 微不足道的：一方面,不要求作品具备新颖性,也不要求作品是唯一的;另一方面,也不能没有任何创造性,或仅有微不足道的(trivial)创造性. 本案中,美国最高法院正是认为Rural公司电话号码薄(白页)的制作没有体现出任何创造性的成分,

2. 轻微：在本书的导论,我曾经讨论过轻微(trivial)制裁的重要性,学习习惯法的学生,不管学习层面是国际法层次或是低于国家层次,都能了解到:在某些情境下由单纯的懊恼所孕育并刺激出来的行为,将有可能在该情境下发挥制裁的功能.