英:[smɔ:l biə]
美:[smɔl bɪr]
英:[smɔ:l biə]
美:[smɔl bɪr]
一种酒精含量很低的啤酒;重要性[价值]不大的人[事物];
同义词:trivialitytriviatrifle
1560年代,最初指“淡啤酒”; 用于比喻小事或琐碎的事情。 Small(形容词)最早于15世纪中期出现,指“主要成分含量少的”,尤其是指低酒精含量的啤酒或葡萄酒。
1 One unit is roughly equialent to a glass of wine or a small beer.
一个单位的酒精粗略地等于一杯葡萄酒或一杯淡啤酒。
2 That grant was small beer, we shall need a lot more money.
那个回报太少了, 我们需要更多的钱.
3 He thinks he's wonderful, but he's really small beer.
既然你自以为很聪明, 这份工作 你 来干好了.
4 Various small matters preyed on my mind and robbed me of all peace.
各种琐事使我感到烦恼,弄得我心神不宁。
5 Don't worry about giving me the change ; it's small beer anyway.
不要为给我找头而烦恼, 那是微不足道的事情.
6 A small beer would be better, not black beer.
一小杯啤酒就好了, 不要黑啤酒.
7 Various small matters preyed on my mind and robbed me of all peace.
各种琐事使我感到烦恼,弄得我心神不宁。
8 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.
9 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。
10 He thinks he's wonderful , but he's really rather small beer.
他自以为了不起, 其实算不了什么.
11 The actual demands set out in the document are small beer indeed.
文件中陈述的实际要求确实是无关紧要的.
12 He drank a whole pint of light beer.
他喝了一整品脱淡啤酒。
13 She thinks small beer of painters.
她看不起画家.
14 C: small beer. What brand?
一小瓶啤酒, 有什么牌子 呢 ?
15 He drank a whole pint of light beer.
他喝了一整品脱淡啤酒。
16 He thinks he's a mainstay of the company, but he's really rather small beer.
他自以为是公司的台柱, 但事实上他是个微不足道的人.
17 Oh, a small beer some kind of lager will do.
哦, 一小杯啤酒某种淡啤酒就行.
18 Miss Ley would gladly have escaped an afternoon of small talk with the notabilities of Leanham.
利小姐庆幸逃脱了同利恩哈姆那些名贵们一个下午的琐事闲谈。
19 A company of that size is small beer.
那样大小的公司是微不足道的.
20 Miss Ley would gladly have escaped an afternoon of small talk with the notabilities of Leanham.
利小姐庆幸逃脱了同利恩哈姆那些名贵们一个下午的琐事闲谈。
2 无价值之物
4 小事
6 无关紧要的事