Its role in financial transactions is piffling .

人民币在金融交易中发挥的作用是不足道的。

Yet what it says about royal mail , apart from the piffling detail that its managers can neither write nor proofread , is deeply troubling .

然而，它除了暴露出经理们既不会写信、也不会检查错字这一琐碎细节以外，它对皇家邮政的揭示也令人深感不安。

Even though offences with traffic points seem piffling , what he 's actually done in passing them on counts as perverting the course of justice .

尽管交通分数方面的违规似乎微不足道，但他让别人顶包的行为，实际上等同于妨碍司法公正。

Germany , which has promised a piffling euro 12 billion ( $ 15 billion ) , may be shamed into spending more .

德国之前承诺的区区120亿欧元（合150亿美元）的投入相形见绌，有可能会有进一步的计划。

Because markets for land are so ill-developed in africa and governments so weak , rents are piffling : $ 2 per hectare per year in ethiopia ; $ 5 in liberia .

因为在非洲土地市场发展很不完善，另外政府很软弱，租金非常便宜：在埃塞俄比亚每公顷每年的租金是2美元；在利比里亚是5美元。