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small potatoes

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˌsmɔːl pəˈteɪ.təʊz]
  • 美式音标 [ˌsmɑːl pəˈteɪ.t̬oʊz]
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  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 小人物

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    雙語例句

  • Nonetheless, even when considered collectively, most of these are small potatoes.
    但是，即使全麪地考慮，這些大部分都是無足輕重的。
  • But it has the potential to cause price swings that would make the row over onions look like small potatoes.
    但是，此番做法導致的價格波動會使洋蔥期貨引發的爭吵看起來就像小土豆。
  • But these are all small potatoes and just examples of the normal give-and-take of a complex trade relationship.
    不過，與錯綜複襍的貿易關系相比，這樣的糾紛是不傷大雅的，衹不過是平時相互遷就的範例罷了。

    • 原聲例句

  • These are either small whole potatoes or potatoes cut into pieces.

    • 權威例句

  • Small potatoes for an oil giant, though, make for a feast for a solar company.
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  • And Maine's sap thefts are small potatoes compared with syrup heists that have been reported elsewhere.
    NPR: Sticky-Fingered Thieves Target Sap In Maine
  • It's all small potatoes that won't do much to help the company stave off bankruptcy, according to the experts.
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英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • something that does not seem important when compared to something else

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you say that something is small potatoes, you mean that it is unimportant in comparison with something else.