smallness

英

美

网络  小性; 小气; 微小性; 微小

BNC.21133 / COCA.24638

英英释义

noun

• lack of generosity in trifling matters
  Synonym:pettinesslittleness
• the property of having relatively little strength or vigor
  1. the smallness of her voice
  Synonym:littleness
• the property of having a relatively small size
  Synonym:littleness
• the property of being a relatively small amount
  1. he was attracted by the smallness of the taxes

双语例句

• During the Anti-Japanese war, the military industry personnel of the base of Jin-Ji-Yu had a difficult development from smallness, simple to bigness and complexity.
  抗战时期，晋冀豫根据地的军事工业经历了一个从无到有、由小到大、先修后造、从简单到复杂的发展过程。
• It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.
  人之所以独立，不是因为他家财万贯，也不是因为他需求很少。
• Because only you have arrived at there and enjoyed it, you can touch the magic of the creation, the broadness of the earth and smallness of us.
  因为只有到了这里，你才会感到造物的神奇，天地的广阔和自我的渺小。
• The more we globetrot, the more aware we are of the smallness of the world.
  我们周游世界越多，越觉得世界渺小。
• Excessive clearance will influence perforating effect while over smallness may lead to engineering accident easily.
  射孔枪与套管之间的间隙过大会影响射孔效果，太小容易出现工程事故。
• We realize our own weakness, our smallness, our mortality.
  我们看到了自己的脆弱，渺小和卑微。
• Moreover, they had no understanding of their own weaknesses ( i.e., lack of experience and smallness of forces).
  另一方面，对自己的弱点（没有经验，力量弱小），也不了解。
• Well, they were honest eyes, he concluded, and in them was neither smallness nor meanness.
  好了，他的结论是自己这对眼睛是诚恳的，其中没有小气和卑劣。
• The chief proof of a man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.
  一个人真正伟大的主要证明在于认识到自己的渺小。
• The authority of his voice is undermined by the smallness of his build.
  瘦小的身形削弱了他声音中的权威感。