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

• During the Anti-Japanese war, the military industry personnel of the base of Jin-Ji-Yu had a difficult development from smallness, simple to bigness and complexity.
  抗战时期，晋冀豫根据地的军事工业经历了一个从无到有、由小到大、先修后造、从简单到复杂的发展过程。
• The advantages: simple structure, smallness and skillfulness and high sensitivity.
  优点在于：结构简单、小巧、灵敏度高。
• 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。
• But the smallness of the exception made the mystery.
  可是这个例外实在少见，这就令人不解了。
• A word that is formed with a suffix ( such as-let or-kin) to indicate smallness.
  加后缀形成的单词表示小（例如let或kin）。
• Excessive clearance will influence perforating effect while over smallness may lead to engineering accident easily.
  射孔枪与套管之间的间隙过大会影响射孔效果，太小容易出现工程事故。
• Smallness brings its own challenges and vulnerabilities.
  其规模之小给自身带来了挑战和劣势。
• 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。
• Within you is the heart to fell compassion as well as the smallness to be arrogant.
  在你的心中既有同情怜悯的胸怀，也有傲慢自大的狭隘。
• Debate continues as to whether the smallness of the number demonstrates that railways were not important to US economic development, or just the silliness of attempting that type of calculation at all; I incline towards the latter view.
  争论仍在继续：到底是数据的渺小表明铁路对美国经济发展不重要，还是这种计算根本就是愚蠢的？我倾向于后一种观点。