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

• 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。
• Moreover, they had no understanding of their own weaknesses ( i.e., lack of experience and smallness of forces).
  另一方面，对自己的弱点（没有经验，力量弱小），也不了解。
• 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。
• 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。
• Because only you have arrived at there and enjoyed it, you can touch the magic of the creation, the broadness of the earth and smallness of us.
  因为只有到了这里，你才会感到造物的神奇，天地的广阔和自我的渺小。
• The so-called bigness and smallness, strength and weakness often depend on people's sense and habits.
  所谓大与小，强与弱，很多时候都是依照人们的感官和习惯定论的。
• Their smallness reflects the dominance of the GPS vector observations in the combination solution.
  其微小程度反应了在组合方式中GPS向量观测占主导地位。
• 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。
• 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。
• I was surprised at the smallness of his house.
  他的房子那么小，我感到奇怪。