small beer
英 [ˌsmɔːl ˈbɪə(r)]
美 [ˌsmɔːl ˈbɪr]
n. (相比较之下)无足轻重的人(或事物)
牛津词典
noun
- (相比较之下)无足轻重的人(或事物)
a person or thing that has no great importance or value, especially when compared with sb/sth else
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 无关紧要的事情;琐事
If you say that something issmall beer, you mean that it is unimportant in comparison with something else.- Such roles are small beer compared with the fame she once enjoyed.
和她曾经享有的名气相比,这样的角色真的算不了什么。
- Such roles are small beer compared with the fame she once enjoyed.
英英释义
noun
- something of small importance
双语例句
- Oh, a small beer some kind of lager will do.
哦,一小杯啤酒某种淡啤酒就行。 - By recent standards, that is small beer.
按照近期的标准,这只是小菜一碟。 - Small beer compared with the cataclysm of a year ago& but enough to temper the holiday cheer.
相较于一年之前的大灾难,如今只是一个小熊市,但是足够缓和人们度假的欢乐心情。 - The insurance premium is small beer compared to what we'd have to pay if the house burnt down.
同房子万一被烧后我们的损失相比,保险金是不足挂齿的。 - In Germany at the end, most passengers traveling brings back a little souvenir, big music equipment, optical instrument is small, beer, T-shirt.
在德国旅行结束时,旅客大多会带回一点纪念品,大则音乐器材、光学仪器,小则啤酒杯、T恤衫。 - Berlin, Macmillan said, seemed to him small beer compared to the destruction of humanity.
麦克米伦说,同人类的毁灭相比,柏林问题在他看来,只不过是微不足道的。 - He thought he's wonderful, but he's really rather small beer.
他自以为了不起,其实算不了什麽。 - People with some money drank "small beer" water mixed with enough beer to kill off some of those nasty micro-organisms.
有点钱的人喝“淡啤酒”水中搀上足够多的啤酒,以杀死部分肮脏微生物。 - I've got sixty shares in the company, but that's small beer compared with his a hundred thousand.
我在公司中持有60股,与他的10万股相比,实在是微不足道。 - A small restaurant serving beer and wine as well as food; usually cheap.
供应给人们啤酒和葡萄酒以及食物的小店;通常价都比较便宜。
