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单词 tinpot
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tinpot
adjective[before noun]
informaldisapproving(alsotin-pot)
uk
/ˈtɪn.pɒt/us
/ˈtɪn.pɑːt/
notimportantordeservingrespect:
What was the good of a BA from that tinpotuniversityanyway?
a tinpotdictator无足轻重的独裁者
Theytreatedus like a tin-potbananarepublicinsteadof asovereigncountry.
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  • The Britishpeoplespentthewartryingtolaughat the tinpotdictatorsthey werefighting.
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  • Thecountrywasrunby ajuntaof tin-potmilitarydictators.
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(Definition oftinpotfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
tinpot
adjective[before noun]
informaldisapproving
uk
/ˈtɪn.pɒt/us
/ˈtɪn.pɑːt/
notimportant, or having littlevalue
不重要的；无价值的
a tinpotdictator无足轻重的独裁者

Examplesoftinpot

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It is down to him—atinpotdictator of the worst order.
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This is a political argument, and not just atinpotparliamentary one.
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Never mind about thosetinpotcivil servants who took the decision.
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The anthropological arrogance of 20th century man in histinpotmotor-cars riding through the streets of the lovely spaceship we call the world is heartbreaking.
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Is not one of the lessons to be learnt that we should not keep selling arms to thosetinpotregimes?
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We are too small a country to be able to afford all these littletinpotconcerns in our ports.
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Even the worsttinpotdictator could not conjure up a more reliable recipe for a low-wage and low-skilled economy in areas such as mine.
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Those are the policies that the people out there are shouting for, not thesetinpotcharters.
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It is wrong for sometinpotmanager to make decisions without consulting the men.
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That was most apposite, given that we are led by atinpotdictator.
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It is impossible for them to have good husbandry on thesetinpotplots.
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People think that they can come up withtinpotanswers and solve the problem.
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It is to the benefit of the up-to-date mines that what he calls thesetinpotmines should be closed.
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It is atinpotmish-mash of verbiage, mixing ethics and jurisprudence.
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He is prepared to appear on that medium every day of the week, five times a day on anytinpotsubject under the sun.
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