Then I remember how often I, too, had been indifferent to the grandeur of each day, too preoccupied with petty and even mean concerns to respond from that experience.

然后我记起，自己先前对于每个光辉的日子不也经常无动于衷吗，而对于琐碎的甚至是卑微的小事也不过分操心吗，哪能从那一经历中产生反应呢？

问题：

请问mean翻译成“卑微”怎么理解？mean按字典理解应该是“刻薄的；苛刻的”。