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small LACKING IMPORTANCEHsmC:l, $smB:ladj [before n]-er, -est not having much importance or effect微不足道的Talking to her always makes me feel small (= unimportant and stupid).同她谈话总使我感到卑微。He's always trying to make me look small (= foolish and unimportant) in front of my girlfriend.他总要使我在我女友面前显得委琐。It was small consolation (= not very comforting) that three of her colleagues had also lost their jobs.她的三个同事也失去了工作，这并未使她感到多少宽慰。After five years with the company she hadn't been promoted. Small wonder (= It is not surprising) then that she decided to quit her job and become self-employed.她在公司干了五年还没有被提升。她决定辞去工作成为自由职业者就一点儿也不奇怪了。(infml) If something is small beer or (Am) small potatoes it seems unimportant when it is compared to something else.无足轻重的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。Small fry are people or things that are not considered to be important.无足轻重的人或事The police have failed 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。Small talk is social conversation about unimportant things, often between people who do not know each other well.闲聊，寒暄I don't enjoy parties where I have to make small talk with complete strangers.我不喜欢参加必须同素不相识的人搭讪的聚会。Someone or something that is small-time has limited involvement in an activity and is therefore not very important.次要的，二流的He's well-known to the police as a small-time crook.警察熟知他是个二流骗子。He built up his leisure empire from a small-time restaurant.他从一个不起眼的餐馆起家，建立了他的娱乐王国。The police are arresting the small-timers when they should be going for the ringleaders.警察们本该去抓罪魁祸首，结果却是在逮捕次要角色。
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