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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 - 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。 - One unit is roughly equivalent 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。