small fry
英 [ˈsmɔːl fraɪ]
美 [ˈsmɔːl fraɪ]
n. (相比较之下)不重要的人(或事物)
牛津词典
noun
- (相比较之下)不重要的人(或事物)
people or things that are considered unimportant compared to sb/sth else- That's small fry to her.
对她来说,那不值一提。 - People like us are small fry to such a large business.
对于这样一家大公司来说,我们这样的人不过是小鱼小虾。
- That's small fry to her.
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 不重要的小角色;小人物;无关紧要的东西
Small fryis used to refer to someone or something that is considered to be unimportant.- What they owe to the Inland Revenue is small fry compared to the overall £1.2 million debt...
与 120 万英镑的总债务相比,他们所欠国内税收署的那点钱实在不算什么。 - It's the small fry who are usually the last to get paid.
小人物往往是最后才拿到酬金。
- What they owe to the Inland Revenue is small fry compared to the overall £1.2 million debt...
英英释义
noun
- a young person of either sex
- she writes books for children
- they're just kids
- `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
- someone who is small and insignificant
双语例句
- Thepolicehavefailed to catch the leaders of the gang, although they have arrested some of the small fry.
尽管警察逮捕了一些小喽罗,但他们没有抓住团伙的头目。 - But the Mac is still a small fry compared to the iPhone.
但相比于iPhone,Mac仍是无关大局。 - I told the small fry to stay put while I went to the call box.
我告诉他站在那里别动,我去电话亭打电话。 - No one in the courtroom, including fritzsche, seemed to know why he was there he was too small a fry unless it were as a ghost for goebbels, and he was acquitted.
看来法庭上所有的人,连他本人在内,都不明白为什么这么一个小脚色也在那里,除非是把他看作是戈培尔的幽灵。后来他被开释了。 - These local companies are only small fry compared with the huge multinationals.
同那些跨国公司比,这些当地的公司不过是小鱼小虾。 - He remembered he had once said the great trust had overlooked his little enterprise, distaining to plunder such small fry.
他记得自己有一回说过,这个大托拉斯有意放过他这门小本经纪,不屑吞这种小鱼。 - You? You're nothing but a small fry. I need to talk to someone a lot more important if I want some help.
你?你不过是个无名小辈罢了。如果我需要帮忙的!话,我会找一个很重要的人物来做的。 - It's the small fry who are usually the last to get paid.
小人物往往是最后才拿到酬金。 - In the consumer-web industry, the landscape has been largely divided between the big fish and the small fry.
人们谈得最多的要么是谷歌(Google)和Facebook这样的大企业,要么是炙手可热的小创业公司。 - They are but small fry.
他们只不过是无名小贾。