smallness

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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

• 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。
• It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.
  人之所以独立，不是因为他家财万贯，也不是因为他需求很少。
• Smallness brings its own challenges and vulnerabilities.
  其规模之小给自身带来了挑战和劣势。
• You are trying to return to the other person their greatness, instead of focusing on their smallness.
  你尝试把别人自己的伟大找还给他们，而不是关注于他们的渺小。
• 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。
• The next really important thing is the smallness of Judea.
  还有一点很重要，就是朱迪亚的渺小性。
• 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。
• I think this sense of my own smallness is the best I have had to offer at this and many subsequent deathbeds.
  我想，我的这种自觉渺小的感觉是我在这个以及后来的病危病人床前我能提供的最好的东西。
• 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。