small beer

noun

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

1. N-UNCOUNT 无关紧要的事情;琐事
   If you say that something is small beer, you mean that it is unimportant in comparison with something else.
   1. 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。

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. I've got sixty shares in the company, but that's small beer compared with his a hundred thousand.
   我在公司中持有60股，与他的10万股相比，实在是微不足道。
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。
5. That grant was pretty small beer, we shall need a lot more money.
   那个回报太少了，我们需要更多的钱。
6. Don't listen to henry; he's small beer.
   不要听亨利的，他没什么分量。
7. 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。
8. One unit is roughly equivalent to a glass of wine or a small beer.
   一个单位的酒精粗略地等于一杯葡萄酒或一杯淡啤酒。
9. Ever since he won in the competition, John has thought on small beer of himself.
   自竞赛中获胜以来，约翰便自命不凡起来了。
10. A small beer would be better, not black beer.
    一小杯啤酒就好了，不要黑啤酒。
11. His father owns a great deal of property but he is still small beer compared to some of the directors of his company.
    他父亲拥有很多财产，但和公司有些董事相比仍然是微不足道的。
12. They drank a large/ great/ small quantity of beer last night.
    昨天晚上他们喝了大量/许多/少量的啤酒。
13. He thinks he's a mainstay of the company, but he's really rather small beer.
    他自以为是公司的台柱，但事实上他是个微不足道的人。
14. Design and Research of a Small Scale Beer Ferment Equipment Temperature Control System in a Laboratory
    实验室小型啤酒发酵装置温度控制系统的设计与研究
15. People with some money drank "small beer" water mixed with enough beer to kill off some of those nasty micro-organisms.
    有点钱的人喝“淡啤酒”水中搀上足够多的啤酒，以杀死部分肮脏微生物。
16. Oh, a small beer some kind of lager will do.
    哦，一小杯啤酒某种淡啤酒就行。
17. 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。
18. Don't worry about giving me the change; it's small beer anyway.
    不要为给我找头而烦恼，那是微不足道的事情。
19. 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。
20. A small restaurant serving beer and wine as well as food; usually cheap.
    供应给人们啤酒和葡萄酒以及食物的小店；通常价都比较便宜。
21. 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。
22. By recent standards, that is small beer.
    按照近期的标准，这只是小菜一碟。
23. The insurance premium is small beer compared to what we'd have to pay if the house burnt down.
    同房子万一被烧后我们的损失相比，保险金是不足挂齿的。
24. The actual demands set out in the document are small beer indeed.
    文件中陈述的实际要求确实是无关紧要的。
25. 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。
26. 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。
27. The hemorheological effect OS small amount beer intake daily
    每日少量饮啤酒对血液流变性的影响
28. Marketing Innovation Strategy for Small Beer Enterprises
    中小啤酒企业营销创新的策略
29. 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。

noun

1. something of small importance

   Synonym:    trivialitytriviatrifle