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
- By recent standards, that is small beer.
按照近期的标准，这只是小菜一碟。 - A small beer would be better, not black beer.
一小杯啤酒就好了，不要黑啤酒。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - 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。