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
- Marketing Innovation Strategy for Small Beer Enterprises
中小啤酒企业营销创新的策略 - 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。 - 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。 - That grant was pretty small beer, we shall need a lot more money.
那个回报太少了，我们需要更多的钱。 - 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。 - 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。 - They drank a large/ great/ small quantity of beer last night.
昨天晚上他们喝了大量/许多/少量的啤酒。 - Barclays 'commodity positions were no doubt small beer.
巴克莱的大宗商品头寸无疑只是小菜一碟。 - 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。 - 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。