He gets tied up to trivial affairs.

他被一些无关紧要的小事束缚住了。

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There is no rigid system, no trivial multifarious affairs program, but here respect individuality, encourage competition, promote cooperation, the pursuit of efficiency, exacting quality.

这里没有刻板的制度，没有琐碎繁杂的事务程序，但这里尊重个性，鼓励竞争、提倡合作、追求效率、苛求质量。

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They range from the trivial (like the alleged extramarital affairs of European Union politicians) to the lurid (such as reports of United Nations workers trading food for sex with impoverished locals in Africa).

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