smallness

英

美

网络  小性; 小气; 微小性; 微小

BNC.21133 / COCA.24638

英英释义

noun

• lack of generosity in trifling matters
  Synonym:pettinesslittleness
• the property of having relatively little strength or vigor
  1. the smallness of her voice
  Synonym:littleness
• the property of having a relatively small size
  Synonym:littleness
• the property of being a relatively small amount
  1. he was attracted by the smallness of the taxes

双语例句

• I was surprised at the smallness of his house.
  他的房子那么小，我感到奇怪。
• Due to the liabilities of newness and smallness, entrepreneurial firms usually fail to procure desired resources from formal and ritualized channels like more established corporations.
  创业企业受到企业“新”和“小”等不利条件的影响，无法像大企业一样通过市场化和正规化的途径获得企业发展所需资源。
• Through Johnson people's hard work and the support of all the customers, our company has grown from nothing to something, from smallness to bigness.
  经过江胜人的努力拼博及各界客户的鼎力支持，使公司完成了一个从无到有，从小到大的成长过程。
• The chief proof of a man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.
  一个人真正伟大的主要证明在于认识到自己的渺小。
• When these poor creatures grow to be men, the millstones of the social order meet them and crush them, but so long as they are children, they escape because of their smallness.
  这种可怜的小把戏，一旦成了人，几乎总要遭受社会秩序这个磨盘的碾压，但是，只要他们还是孩子，个儿小，就可以逃过。
• The fundamental task is to achieve smallness within large organisations
  企业最根本的人物是在大型企业中实现小型化
• The authority of his voice is undermined by the smallness of his build.
  瘦小的身形削弱了他声音中的权威感。
• We realize our own weakness, our smallness, our mortality.
  我们看到了自己的脆弱，渺小和卑微。
• Smallness brings its own challenges and vulnerabilities.
  其规模之小给自身带来了挑战和劣势。
• The more we globetrot, the more aware we are of the smallness of the world.
  我们周游世界越多，越觉得世界渺小。