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
- 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。 - Marketing Innovation Strategy for Small Beer Enterprises
中小啤酒企业营销创新的策略 - 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。 - 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。 - His father owns a great deal of property but he is still small beer compared to some of the directors of his company.
他父亲拥有很多财产，但和公司有些董事相比仍然是微不足道的。 - 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。 - Even assuming a mandatory offer for the remainder of Singapore Petroleum Company proceeds smoothly ( not a given: shares on Monday closed below the offer price), this is small beer.
即便假设针对新加坡石油公司（singaporepetroleumcompany）其余股份的强制性全面收购要约进展顺利（这并非十拿九稳：周一该股收盘价低于要约出价），此笔交易也微不足道。 - 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。 - 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。