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
- Objective: Observe the hemorheological effects of small amount beer intake daily.
目的：观察每日少量饮用啤酒对血液流变学的影响。 - 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。 - Small beer compared with the cataclysm of a year ago& but enough to temper the holiday cheer.
相较于一年之前的大灾难，如今只是一个小熊市，但是足够缓和人们度假的欢乐心情。 - Marketing Innovation Strategy for Small Beer Enterprises
中小啤酒企业营销创新的策略 - 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。 - 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。 - He thought he's wonderful, but he's really rather small beer.
他自以为了不起，其实算不了什麽。 - 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。 - 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。 - By recent standards, that is small beer.
按照近期的标准，这只是小菜一碟。