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
- The hemorheological effect OS small amount beer intake daily
每日少量饮啤酒对血液流变性的影响 - 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 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。 - Chinese beer industry started from Russian building a factory in China, then hundreds of large and small beer companies have built, and then Chinese beer industry went through many mergers and acquisitions, now the development of Chinese beer industry has experienced more than one hundred years.
中国的啤酒工业从最初的俄罗斯在中国建厂，到全国有大大小小上百家的啤酒企业，然后经历了一轮又一轮的并购整合，啤酒工业至今在中国的发展经历了100多年。 - But this is small beer compared with issues at home.
但与国内问题相比，这只是小菜一碟。 - Ever since he won in the competition, John has thought on small beer of himself.
自竞赛中获胜以来，约翰便自命不凡起来了。 - 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。 - A small beer would be better, not black beer.
一小杯啤酒就好了，不要黑啤酒。 - Design and Research of a Small Scale Beer Ferment Equipment Temperature Control System in a Laboratory
实验室小型啤酒发酵装置温度控制系统的设计与研究 - 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。