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small LIMITEDHsmC:l, $smB:ladj-er, -est limited in size or amount when compared with what is typical or average小的，少的I'd rather live in a village or small town than a big city.我情愿住在村庄或是小镇里，而不愿在大城市。People in richer countries tend to have smaller families.富有国家的人们倾向于较小的家庭。San Marino is the world's oldest and smallest republic.圣马力诺是世界上最古老也是最小的共和国。That jacket's too small for you.那件夹克衫你穿太小了。He's small (= not tall) for his age.就他这个年龄来说，他的个子算小的。I really like mushrooms, especially small ones.我真的喜欢蘑菇，尤其是小的。A replacement would be very expensive, but it would cost a relatively small amount of money to repair it.替换它将非常贵，但如果进行修理将花费得少一些。The government has promised to reduce the tax burden on small businesses.政府许诺减轻小型企业的税务负担。Small doses of ultra-violet radiation cause sunburn, and larger doses cause skin cancer and eye cataracts.少量的紫外线辐射会导致皮肤晒黑，大量的则会导致皮肤癌和眼部白内障。So far, they've raised only a small fraction of the money needed to restore the church.迄今为止，他们只筹集了修复教堂所需的小部分资金。The size of the military budget is only a small percentage of national income.军备预算规模只占国民收入的很少一部分。The number of women in parliament is pitifully (= extremely and disappointingly) small.议会中的妇女人数少得可怜。I'm on a diet, so I only want a small portion of potatoes.我正减肥，所以我只要一小份土豆。Only a small proportion of people who have been baptized are practising Christians.只有一小部分受过洗礼的人是虔诚的基督教徒。Liqueurs have a high alcohol content, and are usually drunk in small quantities after a meal.利口酒含有大量的酒精，人们通常在饭后喝一点儿。He admitted possession of a small quantity of cannabis and was fined ￡75.他承认拥有少量的大麻，被罚款75英镑。The city's medieval streets are too small to handle so much traffic.市内中世纪的街道太狭窄，严重阻塞了交通。If someone should be grateful / thankful for small mercies, they should be grateful for something although it is not as good as they would like.对小的恩惠或幸运表示感激We've only raised a quarter of the money we needed, but I suppose we must be thankful for small mercies.我们只筹集了所需钱款的四分之一，但我认为还得对这小小的恩惠表示感谢。The small of your back is the narrow part in the middle of the lower back where it curves in slightly.后腰部He punched me in the small of my back.他在我的后腰部重重击了一下。(infml) A small fortune is a large sum of money.大量的钱She'll inherit a small fortune when her father dies.父亲死后，她将继承大量的钱。You'll have to spend a small fortune in legal fees if you decide to sue for compensation.如果你决定起诉要求赔偿，你将在法律费用上支付大量的钱。Small arms are small light guns that are designed to be held in the hand when fired.(便于个人携带的)轻武器The helicopter made a crash landing after being hit by small arms fire.直升机被轻武器射击击中，只得紧急迫降。Small change is money that is in the form of coins of low value.小币值硬币Remember to take some small change to use at the launderette.别忘了带些在自助洗衣店里用的小币值硬币。(fig.) Fuel costs are small change (= not particularly expensive) compared to the other expenses of running a car.相对于汽车的其他费用来说，汽油的开销是很小的。Small claims are legal actions that are taken against people who owe or are believed to owe a small amount of money.小额索偿The shop only agreed to give me a refund when I threatened to take them to the small claims court.只是在我威胁向小额索赔法院告发时，商店才同意退款。The small hours are the early hours of the morning, between twelve o'clock at night and the time when the sun rises.凌晨She was up until the small hours of the morning trying to finish her essay.她为了完成论文一直到凌晨才睡。It was well into the wee small hours before we arrived home.一直到后半夜我们才到家。The small intestine is the upper part of the bowels in which food is digested before it travels to the lower part of the bowels where water is removed from it.小肠(disapproving) Someone who is small-minded has a limited view of the world and refuses to consider ideas which do not suit their own opinions.眼界小的，肚量小的It's small-minded of you not to support the campaign.你不支持该活动真是心胸狭窄。He has some very small-minded opinions about foreigners.他对外国人有着非常偏狭的成见。She moved to London to get away from the small-mindedness of the people in the village where she grew up.她移居伦敦，离开她所生长的村庄中那些眼界狭小的人们。Small print (also fine print) is text in a formal agreement which is printed smaller than the rest of the text partly in the hope that it will not be noticed because it contains rules or information that will be disadvantageous to the person signing the agreement.附属细则Don't sign anything until you've read the small print.在你详读附属细则之前不要签署任何东西。The details of the extra charges were buried in the small print.额外费用的细节隐藏在附属细则中。The smallest room is Br and Aus infml for the toilet.卫生间The small screen is television, esp. when compared with cinema.电视She has had countless roles in movies and plays but her new detective series will be her debut on the small screen.她在电影和戏剧中扮演了无数的角色，但她出演新的侦探系列剧将是她首次出现在电视上。The film explores the life of small-town America (= life in small American towns where ordinary simple people live) in the 1930s.该电影探究了30年代美国小镇上普通百姓的生活。(saying) People say 'It's a small world' to show their surprise that people or events in different places are connected.这个世界真小，竟有这等巧事，无巧不成书So you know my old science teacher! Well, it's certainly a small world, isn't it?那么你认识我过去的理科老师！这真是太巧了，不是吗？"Small is Beautiful" (A Study of Economics as if People Mattered by E.F. Schumacher, 1973)“微小即美丽”(E·F·舒马赫《人类经济学研究》)
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