small-time

单词small-time

基本解释

adj.: 不太重要的；不高明的
网络: 不重要的；小规模的；无足轻重的

权威解释

• 不太重要的；不高明的:

  not very important or successful

英汉解释

• 无足轻重的

• 小

• 〔美口〕不重要的,不成功的,不出色的,劣等的

同义词

adj.pettyminorunimportantinsignificantlocal

反义词

adj.major

例句

• After graduating from high school, he recorded a song for his mother, which attracted the attention of a small-time producer.

  中学毕业后，他为母亲录制了一首歌。这首歌引起了一位三流制作人的注意。

• The first was that of a small-time crack-cocaine dealer, Derrick Kimbrough, who had been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

  在第一起案例中，不甚重要的强效可卡因毒品贩子，DerrickKimbrough，已被判处15年的监禁。

• Ripley Holden (David Morrissey) is a small-time entrepreneur desperate to make it big with his new state-of-the-art amusement arcade.

  里普利·霍顿（大卫·莫利塞）是个三流的企业家，他急切想使他的新艺术级的娱乐场的规模扩大。

• So, introducing new technologies in such a small time frame is always risky.

  因此，在如此短的时间段里引入新技术总是充满风险的。

• If every nightclub and street corner is now to be scrapped over by small-time retailers, it will do nothing to make Mexico"s cities safer.

  现在即使取缔每家夜总会，将街道转角处交给不起眼的零售商打理，这对墨西哥城市的治安改善也毫无帮助。

• Suppose a signal is generated during the very small time gap between setting the errno variable by the close system call and its return.

  假定信号在close系统调用设置errno变量到其返回之前这一极小的时间片段内生成。

• Louie, we"ve got to find some small-time guys to throw to the wolves for murdering that cop.

  路易，我们必须找一下小家伙来掩盖杀害那个警察。

• He captures the fear, shame and hopelessness of small-time property speculators who got out of their depth and are now bust.

  他抓住了那些投机房产的散户的恐惧，羞愧和绝望的心态，他们的行为已然超出了他们的能力，如今都已沦为破产。

• His father was a small time merchant, and his father"s second wife was Freud"s mother.

  他的父亲是一个小商人，弗洛伊德的生身母亲是他父亲的第二个妻子。

• In the United States and in England, contract killers are usually small-time criminals looking to make extra cash.

  在英美国家，职业杀手一般是为了谋求外快而参与一些小规模案件。