small beer

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  • n.指微不足道的人或物；低浓度啤酒
  • Web淡啤酒；难道啤酒还分大小；小啤酒

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small beer
n.
1.
（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

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AllAll,指微不足道的人或物指微不足道的人或物,低浓度啤酒低浓度啤酒,淡啤酒淡啤酒,难道啤酒还分大小难道啤酒还分大小,小啤酒小啤酒
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1.
One small beer, and chicken basket. Just a minute, please.
一小瓶啤酒，篮装鸡肉，请等一会儿。
yī xiǎo píng pí jiǔ , lán zhuāng jī ròu , qǐng děng yī huì er 。
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2.
So, in the great scheme of the mathematical universe, the numbers being bandied about over the last few weeks are pretty small beer.
因此，在数学宇宙那浩瀚无边的海洋里，最近几周被信手拈来脱口而出的那些数字简直就是小巫见大巫，微不足道了。
yīn cǐ , zài shù xué yǔ zhòu nà hào hàn wú biān de hǎi yáng lǐ , zuì jìn jǐ zhōu bèi xìn shǒu niān lái tuō kǒu ér chū de nà xiē shù zì jiǎn zhí jiù shì xiǎo wū jiàn dà wū , wēi bù zú dào le 。
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3.
Art is small beer. The really serious things in life are earning one's living so as not to be a parasite, and loving one's neighbour.
艺术是不足挂齿的。生活中真正要紧的事情一是自食其力、不做寄生虫，一是爱人如己。
yì shù shì bù zú guà chǐ de 。 shēng huó zhōng zhēn zhèng yào jǐn de shì qíng yī shì zì shí qí lì 、 bù zuò jì shēng chóng , yī shì ài rén rú jǐ 。
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4.
Barclays' commodity positions were no doubt small beer.
巴克莱的大宗商品头寸无疑只是小菜一碟。
bā kè lái de dà zōng shāng pǐn tóu cùn wú yí zhǐ shì xiǎo cài yī dié 。
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5.
Microsoft's push into video gaming is small beer compared with its dominance of the global software industry.
相对微软在全球软件行业的霸主地位而言，进攻游戏领域只不过是它的一碟开胃小菜。
xiāng duì wēi ruǎn zài quán qiú ruǎn jiàn háng yè de bà zhǔ dì wèi ér yán , jìn gōng yóu xì lǐng yù zhǐ bú guò shì tā de yī dié kāi wèi xiǎo cài 。
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6.
The present holder of the position is quite small beer compared with his predecessor.
目前的这个在位人和他的前任相比差远了。
mù qián de zhè ge zài wèi rén hé tā de qián rèn xiāng bǐ chà yuǎn le 。
dict.veduchina.com
7.
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。
mài kè mǐ lún shuō , tóng rén lèi de huǐ miè xiāng bǐ , bó lín wèn tí zài tā kàn lái , zhǐ bú guò shì wēi bù zú dào de 。
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8.
We had the porridge cold again at noon, and hot porridge at night, porridge and small beer was my uncle's diet.
中午吃的又是冷粥，晚上才有热粥吃，我伯伯的食谱就是粥和一点啤酒。
zhōng wǔ chī de yòu shì lěng zhōu , wǎn shang cái yǒu rè zhōu chī , wǒ bó bo de shí pǔ jiù shì zhōu hé yì diǎn pí jiǔ 。
dict.veduchina.com
9.
The sums involved were small beer for a behemoth like GE.
涉及金额对财大气粗的通用来说不过是九牛一毛。
shè jí jīn é duì cái dà qì cū de tōng yòng lái shuō bú guò shì jiǔ niú yì máo 。
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10.
Waiter: One small beer, German sausage, rolls, apple pie with cheese and coffee.
服务员：一小瓶啤酒，德国香肠，小面包，乳酪苹果馅饼和咖啡。
fú wù yuán : yī xiǎo píng pí jiǔ , dé guó xiāng cháng , xiǎo miàn bāo , rǔ lào píng guǒ xiàn bǐng hé kā fēi 。
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