footling [ˈfutlɪŋ]

例句:

• Paraphrases of great works, made by footling people.
  来自G. B. Shaw
• Stop footling about , we have serious work to do.
  别浪费时间了我们还有正经事要做.
  
• Where have you been footling around?
  你游荡到哪儿去了?
  
• Congress's response to recent bribery scandals has been to impose footling restrictions on lobbyists.
  国会对于近期行贿丑闻的回应是给说客强加了琐细的限制条款.
  
• In our age this might seem trivial or footling and self-evidently acceptable.
  来自BBC
• Making up plots and complications, which he always found a bit footling.
  来自J. Carey