trifle with

英 [ˈtraɪfl wɪð]

美 [ˈtraɪfl wɪð]

（不能）轻慢; （不可）小看; （不可）怠慢

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (不能)轻慢;(不可）小看;(不可)怠慢
  If you say that someone isnota personto be trifled with, you are indicating to other people that they must treat that person with respect.
  1. He was not someone to be trifled with...
     对他可不能小觑。
  2. No man in Tabriz trifled with the executioner.
     在大不里士没人敢轻视行刑者。

双语例句

• Don't trifle with me!
  别跟我开玩笑！
• It's dangerous to trifle with such a fierce animal.
  逗弄如此凶残的动物是很危险的。
• Don't trifle with me; give me a straight answer.
  别拿我不当回事；给我一个直截了当的答复。
• It involves the highest responsibility, will reward the greatest labour, and will condemn all who trifle with its sacred contents.
  它包含最高的责任，会奖励最伟大的努力，并将谴责所有轻视它那神圣的内容。
• After a short pause, her companion added, You are too generous to trifle with me.
  过了片刻工夫，只听得她的朋友又说：你是个爽快人，决不会开我的玩笑。
• One could not trifle or compromise with a terror of this kind. a stiff or threatening gait.
  一种僵硬或危险的步态。
• It's wrong of you to trifle with the girl's affections. The violinist has technical skill but not much feeling.
  你玩弄那位姑娘的感情是不对的。这位小提琴手技巧不错，但缺乏感情。
• Lady Catherine seemed quite astonished at not receiving a direct answer; and Elizabeth suspected herself to be the first creature who had ever dared to trifle with so much dignified impertinence!
  咖苔琳夫人没有得到直截了当的回答，显得很惊奇；伊丽莎白觉得敢于和这种没有礼貌的富贵太太开玩笑，恐怕要推她自己为第一个人。
• He likes to trifle with his female colleagues.
  他老想占女同事便宜。
• Don't trifle with serious matter.
  对大事不可儿戏。