You can use a trifle to mean slightly or to a small extent, especially in order make something you say seem less extreme.
例句
As a photographer, he'd found both locations just a trifle disappointing...作為攝影師，他感到兩處景點都有點兒不盡如人意。'There we go,' said Diane, a trifle too cheerily…“這就對了，”黛安娜說道，語氣有點兒過于興高采烈。
N-COUNT
小事;瑣事;無價值的東西
A trifle is something that is considered to have little importance, value, or significance.
例句
He had no money to spare on trifles...他沒有閑錢買些小玩意兒。Believe me, it's the least I can do, a mere trifle.相信我，這是我最起碼能做的了，只是小事一樁。
N-VAR
屈萊弗甜食，乳脂蛋糕（由松糕、果凍、水果和蛋奶沙司層疊制成的冷甜點，通常覆有奶油）
Trifle is a cold dessert made of layers of sponge cake, jelly, fruit, and custard, and usually covered with cream.
英漢詞典釋義
n.
無價值的東西; 瑣事
It's silly to quarrel over trifles.為小事爭吵是愚蠢的。I don't know why you waste your time on such trifles.我不明白你為什么在這種瑣事上浪費時間。
少量, 少許, 一點點
I'll have just a trifle of the dessert.我只要吃少量的甜點心。
vt.
輕視, 小看
The text is not to be trifled with.原文不應被輕視。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. jam-spread sponge cake soaked in wine served with custard sauce
2. a detail that is considered insignificant
3. something of small importance
Verb
1. waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
2. act frivolously
3. consider not very seriously;
"He is trifling with her""She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"