small fry

英 [ˈsmɔːl fraɪ]

美 [ˈsmɔːl fraɪ]

n.  (相比较之下)不重要的人(或事物)

牛津词典

noun

• （相比较之下）不重要的人（或事物）
  people or things that are considered unimportant compared to sb/sth else
  1. That's small fry to her.
     对她来说，那不值一提。
  2. People like us are small fry to such a large business.
     对于这样一家大公司来说，我们这样的人不过是小鱼小虾。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 不重要的小角色;小人物;无关紧要的东西
  Small fryis used to refer to someone or something that is considered to be unimportant.
  1. What they owe to the Inland Revenue is small fry compared to the overall £1.2 million debt...
     与 120 万英镑的总债务相比，他们所欠国内税收署的那点钱实在不算什么。
  2. It's the small fry who are usually the last to get paid.
     小人物往往是最后才拿到酬金。

英英释义

noun

• a young person of either sex
  1. she writes books for children
  2. they're just kids
  3. `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
  Synonym:childkidyoungsterminorshavernippertiddlertiketykefrynestling
• someone who is small and insignificant
  Synonym:pip-squeaksquirt

双语例句

• No one in the courtroom, including fritzsche, seemed to know why he was there he was too small a fry unless it were as a ghost for goebbels, and he was acquitted.
  看来法庭上所有的人，连他本人在内，都不明白为什么这么一个小脚色也在那里，除非是把他看作是戈培尔的幽灵。后来他被开释了。
• When you go there make sure you deal with the sales manager, not any of the small fry who work for him.
  你到那里时，务必同销售经理打交道，别同那些为他工作的小人物们打交道。
• But the ones we've caught are small fry.
  但是我们抓到的都是一些小喽罗。
• You? You're nothing but a small fry. I need to talk to someone a lot more important if I want some help.
  你？你不过是个无名小辈罢了。如果我需要帮忙的！话，我会找一个很重要的人物来做的。
• After that Maria dropped back into her old obscurity and Martin began to notice the respectful manner in which he was regarded by the small fry of the neighborhood.
  于是玛利亚又回于原先的默默无闻，而马丁却忽然发现四周的娃娃们对自己肃然起敬了。
• When arrests are made, they are typically of small fry.
  当进行搜捕时，他们根本够不上被捕条件。
• He remembered he had once said the great trust had overlooked his little enterprise, distaining to plunder such small fry.
  他记得自己有一回说过，这个大托拉斯有意放过他这门小本经纪，不屑吞这种小鱼。
• The small fry have to wait patiently.
  小人物们必须耐心等待。
• Thepolicehavefailed 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。
• What they owe to the Inland Revenue is small fry compared to the overall £ 1.2 million debt
  与120万英镑的总债务相比，他们所欠国内税收署的那点钱实在不算什么。