small [ smɔ:l] a.小的，少的；小型的
on a small scale 小规模地
on a small scale 小规模地
on a small scale
小规模地
small [smɔ:l] a. 小的,少的
small [smɔ:l] 小
薄利多销 small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
多任务小卫星 small multi-mission satellite (SMMS)
碰头会 "brief meeting ( A brief, small-scale, informal meeting with no fixed agenda, the main purpose of which is to exchange information.) "
小农经济 small-scale peasant economy; autarkical small-scale farming
小而全 small and all-inclusive
抓大放小 to invigorate large enterprises while relaxing control over small ones; focus on the restructuring of major enterprises and leave minor ones to fend for themselves
抓大放小,三改一加强 (Efforts were focused on) the reform, reorganization, upgrading and better management of enterprises, aiming at well managing large enterprises while adopting more flexible policies toward small ones
SAN Small Area Network 小区网络
SS Small Scale Integrated Circuit 小规模集成电路
Small Appliances 小家电
small quantity 小量
矮
short (矮)
petite (娇小 - 指女子)
small (娇小 - 指女子)
small forward 小前锋（又称3号位置球员）
Would you please give me seven five-pound notes, four pound notes and four ten-shilling notes, and the rest in small change.
请你给我7张5镑纸币，4张1镑纸币，4张10先令纸币，剩下的要零票。
Could you give me some small notes?
给我一些小票好吗？
note of small denomination 小票
small change 零钱
请描述你的行李。 Can you describe your baggage?
它是一个中型的灰色绅耐特皮箱。 It is a medium-sized Samsonite, and it's gray.
它是一个上面系有我名牌的大型皮制黑蓝色行李箱。 It is a large leather suitcase with my name tag. It's dark blue.
它是一个茶色小旅行袋。 It's a small overnight bag. It's light brown.
small potato 小人物
This is a small something for you. 小小礼物,不成敬意
匮乏压抑了人的一些小欲望而强化了重大的欲望，就如风吹灭蜡烛而煽旺篝火。
Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out a candle,and fans a bonfire.
on a large/small scale 大/小规模地
“抓大放小” manage large enterprises well while ease control over small ones；
Departmental Combined Requisition and Issue Voucher (Small) [GF 277]
部门物料申领及发放综合单（小）〔通用表格第277号〕
1． Good to the last drop．
滴滴香浓，意犹未尽。（麦斯威尔咖啡）
2． Obey your thirst．
服从你的渴望。（雪碧）
3． The new digital era．
数码新时代。（索尼影碟机）
4． We lead． Others copy．
我们领先，他人仿效。（理光复印机）
5． Impossible made possible．
使不可能变为可能。（佳能打印机）
6． Take time to indulge．
尽情享受吧！（雀巢冰激凌）
7． The relentless pursuit of perfection．
不懈追求完美。 （凌志轿车）
8． Poetry in motion， dancing close to me．
动态的诗，向我舞近。（丰田汽车）
9． Come to where the flavor is． Marlboro Country．
光临风韵之境——万宝路世界。（万宝路香烟）
10．To me， the past is black and white， but the future is always color．
对我而言，过去平淡无奇；而未来，却是绚烂缤纷。（轩尼诗酒）
Just do it.
只管去做。（耐克运动鞋）
Ask for more.
渴望无限。（百事流行鞋）
The taste is great.
味道好极了。（雀巢咖啡）
Feel the new space.
感受新境界。（三星电子）
Intelligence everywhere.
智慧演绎，无处不在。（摩托罗拉手机）
The choice of a new generation.
新一代的选择。（百事可乐）
We integrate, you communicate.
我们集大成，您超越自我。（三菱电工）
Take TOSHIBA, take the world.
拥有东芝，拥有世界。（东芝电子）
Let’s make things better.
让我们做得更好。（飞利浦电子）
No business too small, no problem too big.
没有不做的小生意，没有解决不了的大问题。 （IBM公司）
Manage well large enterprises and adopt a flexible policy towards small ones 抓好大的，放活小的
Give small State-owned enterprises greater freedom 放活国有小企业
Support and develop large enterprises and release small enterprises 支持发展大企业放开小企业
连杆小头
connecting rod small end
Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great.
离别之于爱情有如风之于火，它熄灭小火，却使大火燃烧更旺。
The small child had to run in order to keep up with his big brother.
这小孩为了赶上他哥哥只好跑了起来。
He had ranged the bottles from small to large in rows against the wall.
他把瓶子从小到大靠墙排成几排。
He had ranged the bottles from small to large in rows against the wall.
他把瓶子从小到大靠墙排成几排。
Small earthquakes are so common here that people don't feel very alarmed at them.
这个地方小地震很常见，大家对地震都不感到惊慌。
We lodged in a small hotel on our trip.
旅途中我们住在一家小旅馆里。
She contrived to live well on a very small income.
她靠微簿的收入生活得很好。
He pulled into the small parking lot.
他把车开进了一个小停车场。
Look through your examination paper for any small mistakes, before you hand it in.
交卷前，仔细检查一下你的试卷，看看有没有什么小错。
Look through your examination paper for any small mistakes before you hand it in.
交卷前，好好检查一下你的试卷，看看有没有小错。
The two small shops combined to make a large one.
这两个小店合并起来成为一个大商店。
It is a miracle that the small child lived through the earthquake.
这个小孩能在地震中幸存下来，真是个奇迹。
We often waste our time searching for keys, glasses and other small objects that are in continuous use.
我们常常浪费时间去找那些常用的东西，如钥匙、眼镜和其他小东西。
The music of that small country is very unique.
那个小国家的音乐非常独特。
The number of ambulances at Shanghai hospitals is very small.
上海医院的救护车不多。
He seemed to regard it as a small triumph.
他似乎把这看成是小小的胜利。
They leapt/leaped over the small river.
他们跃过小溪。
The muggers thrust him into the small room and tied him up.
抢劫犯把他推进小房间，绑了起来。
The big fire turned the whole of the city into ashes but the small house stayed standing.
大火把整个城市化为灰烬，可那幢小屋居然没有损坏。
The citizens in the neighborhood all clapped for the local government's decision to close the small paint factory.
附近的居民们一致赞成市政府关于关闭这座小印染厂的决定。
The expense of the trip for the youngest child was very small.
最小的孩子这次旅行的费用很少。
When the new road was built, the small town was transformed into a large city.
新的公路建成之后，这个小镇就变成了一个大城市了。
He lived on a small island off the coast of France.
他住在离法国海岸线不远的一个小岛上。
She couldn’t imagine living in a small town like this; she likes big cities.
她无法想象竟会住在这么一个小城镇里; 她喜欢大城市。
There was a low prominence in the middle of the desert, too small to be called a hill.
沙漠中有一凸出地方, 但太小, 不能称之为小山。
Lately, shops have had to pay more every month for the space they use. These increases could put a lot of small shops out of business.
近来商店的铺面月租金提高了。这会使许多小店铺关门歇业。
The house is too small, and, furthermore, it’s too far from the office.
这座房子太小, 而且离办公地点也太远。
Cut the meat into small cubes.
把肉切成小方块。
He is living in exile on the small island for some political reason.
他因为某种政治原因在小岛上过着流亡生活。
A hedge is a row of bushes or small trees, usually along the edge of a garden, field, or road.
树篱是一排灌木或小树，通常围在院子、田野或道路旁边。
Mother was of very small stature, barely five feet tall.
母亲个子不高，还不到五英尺。
a garden with a small river running alongside
旁边有一条涓涓细流的花园
Small quantities of poison were detected in the dead man's stomach.
在死者的胃里发现了少量的毒药。
The vase fell and fragmented into small pieces.
花瓶掉下来，摔成了碎片。
The second point is that a small energy input into the thermostat (恒温器) can release a large quantity of energy from the boiler.
第二个要点就是往恒温器内输入的一点能量可以从锅炉中释放出大量的能量。
He then traveled to Spain in a small English ship, which was chased by pirates.
而后他乘了一艘英国小船去西班牙，而这艘船正被海盗追赶着。
This tall tree develops from a small seed.
这棵大树源于一粒小种子。
It's a small informal party — you don't have to dress up.
这是小型的非正式聚会，你用不着刻意打扮。
This is too small for me. Do you have a bigger one?
这个太小了，有大点的吗？
A small glass of whisky, please.
请来一小杯威士忌。
The scenery is very beautiful in the small islands in the Pacific Oceans.
太平洋上一些小岛的景色十分优美。
There is a broken small old gray stone bridge over the river河上有一座破烂不堪的、古老的、灰色的小石桥。
From those sounds which we hear on small or on coarse occasions, we do not easily receive strong impressions, or delightful images; and words to which we are nearly strangers, whenever they occur, draw that attention on themselves which they should transmit to things.
我们在小场合或是粗鲁的场合听到的声音，不容易有强烈的印象或是令人愉悦的形象。对于那些生词，无论什么时候出现，我们要把注意力放到传达意义上。
More important to them, though, is that it gives them some places where they can borrow money at a cost that is usually a good deal less than at the small-loan agency, or the installment house, or indeed most places.
对于他们来说更重要的是，给他们提供了一个以一定代价借钱的地方，这比小型的借贷公司，分期付款行或者其他地方要便宜得多。
I work in a small company.
我在一家小公司工作。
On the farther side of the street there was a row of small shops.
街那头是一排小商店。
I can't read small print without my glasses.
我不戴眼镜看不清小字体。
Cut the bread into small rounds and give me two.
把面包切成小片，然后给我两片。
This coat is too small for me.
这件上衣对我来说太小了。
我们只是闲聊一会儿。
We had small talk. *small talk “闲话，不着边际的话”。
多早?
How early?
How early should we leave? (咱们多早出发合适?)
Let's leave at 7∶30 am. (早晨7∶30吧。)*用How表示问“多……”的说法还有以下几种。
How short? (多短?)
How fast? (多快?)
How far? (多远?)
How quickly? (多快的速度?)
How slowly? (［速度、动作］多慢?)
How soon? (［时间/期间］多快?)
How late? (［时间/时刻］多晚?)
How much? (［不可数］多少?)
How many? (［可数］多少?)
How big/large? (多大?)
How small/little? (多小?)
这么点儿薪水我怎么够活呀!
I can't make ends meet on my small salary.
I can't live on my low pay.
I can't get along on my scanty pay.
I find it impossible to make ends meet on my small salary.
Why should I beat my brains out for the salary I'm getting?
我拿这么一点薪水，犯不着伤脑筋。
= I'm only getting a small salary, so I don't need to work too hard.
I am only a small potato.
我只是一个小角色。
= I'm nobody．
A small leak will sink a great ship.
千里之堤溃于蚁穴。
Great weights hang on small wires.
千钧一发。
A small leak will sink a great ship.
一个小漏洞可能弄沉一艘大轮船。
Better are small fish than an empty dish.
有胜于无。
Great boast, small roast.
说得天花乱坠，成事微乎其微。
He who despises small things seldom grows rich.
小钱不计，大钱不聚。
In every rank, great or small,
'Tis industry supports us all.
不论高的低的各级人士，所持的都是勤劳。
It is a small flock that has not a black sheep.
家家难免有败类。
No great loss without some small gain.
塞翁失马，安知非福。
Small gains bring great wealth.
小益聚大财，薄利成巨富。
Take care of small sums and the large will take care of themselves.
省小钱才能积大财。
The beginnings of all things are small.
万事开头小。
The great fish ear up the small.
弱肉强食。
There is a small choice in rotten apples.
朽木不可雕。
The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
有点礼貌使生活愉快，多点礼貌使生活高尚。
Venture a small fish to catch a great one.
吃小亏占大便宜。
It's a small world.
世界真小！
I need small change.
我需要零钱。
A I like this suitcase.
A 我喜欢这个手提箱。.
B We've got it in black and brown, sir.
B 我们有黑色的和褐色的，先生。
A I like the black one. Have you got it in a smaller size?
A 我喜欢这个黑色的。你有小一号的吗？
B Yes, sir. We've got these suitcases in three sizes - small, medium and large. Here you are.
B 是的，先生。这样的手提箱我们有三个尺寸——小号，中号和大号的。
A That one's a bit too small. ?I'll take the medium one.
A 那个有点太小。我买这个中号的。
B Certainly, sir. Is there anything else?
B 当然，先生。还要什么吗？
A Hello. Do you speak English?
A 你好。你说英语吗？
B Yes, sir. How can I help you?
B 是的，先生。您需要什么？
A I'd like to buy an English-Chinese dictionary. Do you have any?
我想买一本英-汉字典。这里有吗？
B Yes, we have several in stock. Large ones and small ones. If you want pocket-sized, I recommend this one.
B 是的，我们有几本存货。有大的也有小的。如果你要袖珍字典的话，我推荐这本。
A That looks perfect, thank you. I'll take it.
A 看起来非常合适。谢谢你。我就买这本。
B Certainly, sir.
B 不客气，先生。
A I hear The Golden Palace restaurant is very good.
A 我听说金王宫饭店非常好。
B Yes, it's excellent. You should try it. The food is very good.
B 是的，非常棒。你应该去那里看看。菜做得非常好。
A Shall we go there this evening?
A 我们今晚去那里好吗？
B Good idea. It's a small restaurant. ?It's best to reserve a table.
B 好主意。那是一家小餐馆，最好先预订一张桌。
A OK. I'll phone and book now.
A 好，我现在就打电话预订。
B If it's full, we can try tomorrow evening.
B 如果餐馆满员，我们可以明天晚上去。
A Your beers, sir, and your water.
A 您的啤酒，先生，还有您的水。
B Thank you very much. And can we have some more rice, please?
B 非常感谢。我们能再要一些米饭吗？
A What kind of rice would you like, sir?
A 先生，您要哪种米饭？
B Can we have two plain steamed rice and one fried rice, please?
B 我们可以要两份白米饭和一份炒饭吗？
A That's two boiled and one fried. ?Coming up, sir.
A 两份白米饭和一份炒饭。马上就来，先生。
B The rice is delicious, but the portions are quite small.
B 米饭非常好吃，但是分量很小。
A So where do you work Gao?
A 那么高你在哪里上班？
B I work for a computer company, in the IT department.
B 我在一家电脑公司上班，我在IT 部工作。
A Must be quite interesting. So how do you know Li?
A 那一定是非常有趣的 工作。那么你是怎么认识李的呢？
B Well, he works in another department in the same company. But we’re old friends anyway.
B 哦，他在同一家公司的另一个部门工作。但是我们是老朋友了。
A It’s a small world! Even in a big city like Beijing.
A 这是一个小世界。即使在像北京这样的大城市里也如此。
A I like this jacket. I wonder if they have it in different sizes.
A 我喜欢这件夹克。我在考虑如果它有其它的大小号。
B You can get the jacket in three sizes - small, medium and large.
B 这件夹克有3个大小号－小，中，大。
A I think I'll take the large one. It’s the best fit.
A 我想我可能是大号。它穿起来最合适。
B Yes, that looks good.
B 是的，看起来很不错。
I want the jacket in medium size.
我想要这件中号的夹克。
Do you have a smaller size?
你还有小一些的吗？
Do you have the coat in large?
这件大衣有大号吗？
Medium is the best size for me.
中号最适合我。
I need large size.
我需要一件大号的。
Small size is fine.
小号就很合适。
A small brown leather jacket.
一件小的棕色皮衣。
A medium red t-shirt.
一件中号红色体恤衫。
A blue cotton shirt.
一件蓝色棉体恤。
A red silk dressing-gown.
一件红色丝绸睡衣。
A What do you think of this jacket? I’m not sure it’s the right size.
A 你觉得这件夹克怎么样？我觉得大小可能不太合适。
B It looks a little small. Maybe you need a bigger size.
B 他看起来有一点小。可能大一号更合适。
A You’re right. It doesn’t fit me. I’ll try extra large?
A 你是对的。 它是不合适。我来试试加大号？
B That looks much better.
B 这样看起俩好多的
It looks too small.
它看起来太小了。
You need a medium size.
你需要一个中号的。
That fits you perfectly.
这件你穿起来太完美了。
That looks better.
这件看起来更好。
Maybe I need a bigger size.
我可能需要更大一号。
Can I try extra large?
我能试试加大号吗？
Experience proves that most time is wasted, not in hours, but in minutes. A bucket with a small hole in the bottom gets just as empty as a bucket that is deliberately kicked over.
Paul Meyer, French linguist
经验证明，大部分时间都是被一分钟一分钟地而不是一小时一小时地浪费掉的。一只底部有个小洞的桶和一只故意踢翻的桶同样会流空。
法国语言学家梅耶.P.
Throughout life, we rely on small groups of people for love, admira-tion, respect, moral support, and help.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker
整个一生，我们都有赖于从一些人群中获得友爱、觉识、尊重、道义支持和帮助。
美国思想家爱默生.R.W.
Absence to love is what wind is to fire .lt extinguishes the small; it inflames the great.
Roger de Bussy-Rabutin, French writer
离别之于爱情好比风之于火，它能将小火熄灭，使大火熊熊燃烧。
法国作家比西-拉比旦.R.
As a modern parent, I know that it's not how much you give children those counts, it's the love and attention you shower on them.A caring attitude can not only save you a small fortune, but also even make you feel good about being tight-fisted and offering more care than presents.
O,Hare Noel, American writer
作为一个现代的父母，我很清楚重要的不是你给了孩子们多少物质的东西，而是你倾注在他们身上的关心和爱。关心的态度不仅能帮你省下一笔可观的钱，而且甚至能使你感到一份欣慰，因为你花钱不多并且给予了胜过礼物的关怀。
美国作家诺埃尔.O.
A state which dwarfs its men ,in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished.
John Stuart Mill, British economist
一个政府压制它的人民，以使他们成为自己手中的驯服工具——即便是为了正当的目的——它也会发现，靠受压制的人是不可能真正成就什么大事的。
英国经济学家穆勒J.S.
He's big / small.
他个头满大的。/ 他个头小小的。
His ankles look puffy and they pit when he presses them with his finger.
他的足踝好像肿了，用手按，就有小坑痕。
pit = small dent form
句里的they和them都是指ankles
He has a small leakage of urine when he coughs or sneezes.
他咳嗽或打喷嚏时，会有点泄尿。
It's a small world.
这世界真小。
It cost me a small fortune. 花了一笔小钱.
small potato 小人物
This is a small something for you. 小小礼物,不成敬意
What the world needs is an amplifier for the still, small voice.
应让世上更多的人听到那平静而微弱的声音。
- give as good as one gets 不服输，不示弱
He is a small boy, but he gives as good as he gets in chess match.
- a nobody 无名小辈
He is somebody in the small town, but he is a nobody in the capital city.
- Keep a civil tongue in one's head 说话有礼貌
A child is taught to keep a civil tongue in his head when he is small.
Each pill is put into a small box sealed with wax.
每个丸药装入小盒后用蜡密封好。
The fountain pen is placed in a satin-covered small box, lined with beautiful silk ribbon.
金笔装在一个锦缎小盒里，再用一条漂亮的绸带系在外面。
A small order this year is also welcome.
小批订货今年也受欢迎。
They are not interested in small quantities.
他们对小数量不感兴趣。
How can we appoint you as our sole agent for such a small quantity?
订货量如此之少，我们怎能请您做独家代理呢？
矮小 [ǎi xiǎo] /short and small/low and small/undersized/
庵 [ān] /hut/Buddhist convent/small Buddhist temple/
板鼓 [bǎn gǔ] /a small drum for marking time/
鞭炮 [biān pào] /firecrackers/a string of small firecrackers/
钵 [bō] /alms bowl/small earthenware basin/
薄利 [bó lì] /small profits/
薄 [bò] /thin/slight/meagre/small/ungenerous/unkind/mean/frivolous/despise/belittle/to approach/to go near/peppermint/
岑 [cén] /a small hill/(a surname)/
龊 [chuò] /dirty/small-minded/
榱 [cuī] /small rafter/
大街小巷 [dà jiē xiǎo xiàng] /large streets and small lanes/
戥 [děng] /small steelyard for weighing money/
凳子 [dèng zǐ] /stool/small seat/
碟子 [dié zi ] /small dish/
痘 [dòu] /small pox/
芾 [fèi] /small/
个体户 [gè tǐ hù] /a small private business (used in mainland China only)/
匦 [guǐ] /small box/
蚶 [hān] /small clam/arca inflata/
盒 [hé] /small box/case/
几 [jī] /small table/
戋 [jiān] /narrow/small/
孑 [jié] /alone/mosquito larvae/small/
巨细 [jù xì] /big and small/
颗 [kē] /(measure word for small spheres)/
络 [lào] /small net/
砾 [lì] /gravel/small stone/
铃 [líng] /(small) bell/
碌 [lù] /laborious/small stone/to record/to tape/to write down/to hire/to employ/
旅店 [lǚ diàn] /(n) inn; small hotel/
罗唆 [luō suō] /(adv) talkative/(adj) multitude of small annoyances/
枚 [méi] /M for small objects/
美中不足 [měi zhōng bù zú] /(idiom) a small problem in what is othewise perfect/
艋 [měng] /small boat/
眇 [miǎo] /minute (small)/subtle/
藐 [miǎo] /despise/small/
馍 [mó] /small loaf of steamed bread/
跑龙套 [pǎo lóng tào] /to play a small role/
裨 [pí] /(surname)/assistant/small/
扁 [piān] /(surname)/small boat/
品尝 [pǐn cháng] /(v) taste a small amout; sample/
畦 [qí] /furrow/small plot of farm land/
锵 [qiāng] /tinkling of small bells/
螓 [qín] /small cicada with a square head/
轻 [qīng] /light/easy/gentle/soft/reckless/unimportant/frivolous/small in number/unstressed/neutral/soft/
区 [qū] /area/region/district/small/distinguish/
辁 [quán] /small/wheel without spokes/
芮 [ruì] /(surname)/small/
弱小 [ruò xiǎo] /small and weak/
山冈 [shān gāng] /(n) mound; small hill/
少数 [shǎo shù] /small number/few/minority/
时大时小 [shí dà shí xiǎo] /sometimes big, sometimes small/varying/
市集 [shì jí] /fair/small town/
碎裂 [suì liè] /to disintegrate/to shatter into small pieces/
艇 [tǐng] /small boat/
微小 [wēi xiǎo] /small/little/
龌 [wò] /dirty/small-minded/
小 [xiǎo] /small/tiny/few/young/
小型 [xiǎo xíng] /small scale/small size/
小型企业 [xiǎo xíng qǐ yè] /small business/
星 [xīng] /star/satellite/small amount/
么 [yāo] /one on dice/small/
腰部 [yāo bù] /waist/small of the back/
一小部分 [yì xiǎo bù fen ] /a small part/a small section/
罂 [yīng] /earthen jar with small mouth/
潆 [yíng] /eddy/small river/
舴 [zé] /small boat/
招待所 [zhāo dài suǒ] /(n) guest house; small hotel/
镇 [zhèn] /composed/small town/to suppress/to press down/to post/
镇长 [zhèn zhǎng] /town headman/mayor (of small town or village)/bailiff/
铮 [zhēng] /clang of metals/small gong/
致词 [zhì cí] /(v) make a small speech/make some remarks/
子 [zǐ] /11 p.m.-1 a.m./1st earthly branch/child/midnight/son/child/seed/egg/small thing/
鲰 [zōu] /(surname)/minnows/small fish/
蕞 [zuì] /assemble/small/
It is said that in England death is pressing, in Canada inevitable and in California optional.
据说，在英国死亡很紧迫，在加拿大死亡不可避免，在加利福尼亚死亡可以选择。
Small wonder. Americans' life expectancy has nearly doubled over the past century.
难怪，在过去的一个世纪里，美国人的寿命几乎翻了一番。
But, for a small group of students, professional training might be the way to go since well-developed skills, all other factors being equal, can be the difference between having a job and not.
但是对少数学生而言，职业培训也许是可取之路，因为在其他因素相同的情况下，熟练的技能是能否得到工作的关键。
Scattered around the globe are more than 100 small regions of isolated volcanic activity known to geologists as hot spots.
地球上散落分布着100多个互不相连的小火山活动区，被地质学家称为热点。
Unlike most of the world's volcanoes, they are not always found at the boundaries of the great drifting plates that make up the earth's surface; on the contrary, many of them lie deep in the interior of a plate.
和世界上大多数火山不同的是，它们并不总是在构成地球表面的巨大漂流板块之间的边界上出现；相反，许多热点处于板块较深的内部。
Small-minded officials, rude waiters, and ill-mannered taxi drivers are hardly unknown in the US.
在美国，心胸狭隘的官员，举止粗鲁的招待和毫无礼貌的出租车司机也并非罕见。尽管有不如意的地方，
Yet it is an observation made so frequently that it deserves comment.
但因为人们常常得出美国人好客的观察意见，因而也就值得议论一番了。
"All men are created equal." We've heard it many times, but it still has important meaning for education in a democratic society.
“人人生来平等”这句话我们已听过无数次，但它对民主社会的教育仍然有着极其重要的寓意。
Although the phrase was used by this country's founders to denote equality before the law, it has also been interpreted to mean equality of opportunity.
尽管这句话被国家缔造者们用来预示法律面前人人平等，它也被解释为机会面前人人平等。
That concept implies educational opportunity for all children — the right of each child to receive help in learning to the limits of his or her capacity, whether that capacity be small or great.
这一概念暗示了所有儿童都有接受教育的机会——即每个儿童，不管其本身的能力大小与否，都有权利在学习上最大限度地得到帮助。
{adj: a few, a couple of} more than one but indefinitely small in number
"a few roses"
"a couple of roses"
{adj: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous} incongruous;inviting ridicule
"the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"
"that's a cockeyed idea"
"ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"
"a contribution so small as to be laughable"
"it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"
"a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"
"her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
{adj: acinar, acinous, acinose, acinic} pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland)
{adj: advanced} at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill
"an advanced degree"
"an advanced text in physics"
"special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University"
{adj: aerial} in or belonging to the air or operating (for or by means of aircraft or elevated cables) in the air
"aerial particles"
"small aerial creatures such as butterflies"
"aerial warfare"
"aerial photography"
"aerial cable cars"
{adj: aftershafted} having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers)
{adj: anguished, tormented, tortured} experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
"an anguished conscience"
"a small tormented schoolboy"
"a tortured witness to another's humiliation"
{adj: apprehensive, worried} mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc
"apprehensive about her job"
"not used to a city and worried about small things"
"felt apprehensive about the consequences"
{adj: astute, sharp, shrewd} marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
"a smart businessman"
"an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"
"he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"
{adj: atomic, atomlike, minute} immeasurably small
{adj: bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck} very small
"diminutive in stature"
"a lilliputian chest of drawers"
"her petite figure"
"tiny feet"
"the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
{adj: beady, beadlike, buttony, buttonlike} small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button
"bright beady eyes"
"black buttony eyes"
{adj: beggarly, mean} (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
{adj: belittled, diminished, small} made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
"her comments made me feel small"
{adj: bit-by-bit, in small stages, piecemeal, step-by-step, stepwise} one thing at a time
{adj: bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy} (used informally) very small
"a wee tot"
{adj: blebbed, blebby} (of glass or quartzite) marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign material
{adj: blebby, blistery} covered with small blisters
{adj: bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted} very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
"emaciated bony hands"
"a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"
"eyes were haggard and cavernous"
"small pinched faces"
"kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
{adj: breasted} having a breast or breasts; or breasts as specified; used chiefly in compounds
"small-breasted"
"red-breasted sandpiper"
<-> breastless
{adj: broken, confused, disordered, upset} thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
"troops fleeing in broken ranks"
"a confused mass of papers on the desk"
"the small disordered room"
"with everything so upset"
{adj: bubbling, foaming, foamy, frothing, spumous, spumy, sudsy} covered with or resembling small bubbles as from being agitated by beating or heating
"the bubbling candy mixture"
"a cup of foaming cocoa"
"frothy milkshakes"
"frothy waves"
"spumy surf"
{adj: bullet-headed} having a small round head
{adj: caespitose, cespitose, tufted} (of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts
{adj: capillary, hairlike} long and slender with a very small internal diameter
"a capillary tube"
{adj: carnivorous} (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals
"carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects"
<-> herbivorous, omnivorous, insectivorous
{adj: choppy} rough with small waves
"choppy seas"
{adj: chunky, lumpy} like or containing small sticky lumps
"the dumplings were chunky pieces of uncooked dough"
{adj: close-grained, fine-grained} dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells
"fine-grained birch"
{adj: communal} relating to a small administrative district or community
"communal elections in several European countries"
{adj: concerned} feeling or showing worry or solicitude
"concerned parents of youthful offenders"
"was concerned about the future"
"we feel concerned about accomplishing the task at hand"
"greatly concerned not to disappoint a small child"
<-> unconcerned
{adj: confusing} causing confusion or disorientation
"a confusing jumble of road signs"
"being hospitalized can be confusing and distressing for a small child"
{adj: cozy, cosy, snug} enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space
"a cozy nook near the fire"
"snug in bed"
"a snug little apartment"
{adj: cozy, intimate, informal} having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere
"had a cozy chat"
"a relaxed informal manner"
"an intimate cocktail lounge"
"the small room was cozy and intimate"
{adj: crannied} having small chinks or crannies (especially in or between rocks or stones)
"a crannied wall"
<-> uncrannied
{adj: crenulate, crenulated} having a margin with small rounded teeth
"a crenulate leaf"
{adj: crisp, frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy} of hair in small tight curls
{adj: crumbly} apt to break into small fragments or disintegrate
"crumbly cookies"
{adj: crunched} reduced to small pieces
"crunched nuts"
{adj: dead-on} accurate and to the point
"a dead-on feel for characterization"
"She avoids big scenes...preferring to rely on small gestures and dead-on dialogue"- Peter S.Prescott
{adj: developed} being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful
"the developed qualities of the Hellenic outlook"
"they have very small limbs with only two fully developed toes on each"
<-> undeveloped
{adj: dimpled} having a small indentation
"they counted the dimpled ballots"
{adj: dinky} small and insignificant
"we stayed in a dinky old hotel"
{adj: dipolar} having equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles having opposite signs and separated by a small distance
{adj: drizzling} (of rain) falling lightly in very small drops
"a raw drizzing rain"
{adj: dry} without a mucous or watery discharge
"a dry cough"
"that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose"
<-> phlegmy
{adj: dwarfish} atypically small
"dwarf tree"
"dwarf star"
{adj: elegant} refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
"elegant handwriting"
"an elegant dark suit"
"she was elegant to her fingertips"
"small churches with elegant white spires"
"an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"
<-> inelegant
{adj: elfin, elflike} small and delicate
"she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate"
"obsessed by things elfin and small"
{adj: emulsified} (of immiscible or not completely miscible liquids) blended by the suspending of small globules of one liquid (as oil) in another (as water or vinegar)
{adj: enzootic} of a disease that is constantly present in an animal community but only occurs in a small number of cases
{adj: extended} fully extended or stretched forth
"an extended telescope"
"his extended legs reached almost across the small room"
"refused to accept the extended hand"
<-> unextended
{adj: fanciful, imaginary, imagined, notional} not based on fact; dubious
"the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt
"a small child's imaginary friends"
"her imagined fame"
"to create a notional world for oneself"
{adj: few} a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number
"a few weeks ago"
"a few more wagons than usual"
"an invalid's pleasures are few and far between"
"few roses were still blooming"
"few women have led troops in battle"
<-> many
{adj: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial} (informal) small and of little importance
"a fiddling sum of money"
"a footling gesture"
"our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"
"a little (or small) matter"
"a dispute over niggling details"
"limited to petty enterprises"
"piffling efforts"
"giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
{adj: fine} of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles
"wood with a fine grain"
"fine powdery snow"
"fine rain"
"batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave"
"covered with a fine film of dust"
<-> coarse
{adj: fragmental, fragmentary} consisting of small disconnected parts
"fragmentary remains"
{adj: friable} easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder
"friable sandstone"
"friable carcinomatous tissue"
"friable curds formed in the stomach"
{adj: gnomish} used of small deformed creatures
{adj: goateed} having a small pointed chin beard
{adj: gradual} proceeding in small stages
"a gradual increase in prices"
<-> sudden
{adj: gravelly, pebbly, shingly} abounding in small stones
"landed at a shingly little beach"
{adj: hand-held, handheld} small and light enough to be operated while you hold it in your hands
"a hand-held computer"
{adj: humble, low, lowly, modest, small} low or inferior in station or quality
"a humble cottage"
"a lowly parish priest"
"a modest man of the people"
"small beginnings"
{adj: inappreciable} too small to make a significant difference
"inappreciable fluctuations in temperature"
{adj: incommodious} uncomfortably or inconveniently small
"incommodious hotel accommodations"
<-> commodious
{adj: inconsiderable} too small or unimportant to merit attention
"passed his life in an inconsiderable village"
"their duties were inconsiderable"
"had no inconsiderable influence"
<-> considerable
{adj: infinitesimal, minute, microscopic} infinitely or immeasurably small
"two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"
"reduced to a microscopic scale"
{adj: jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky} small and remote and insignificant
"a jerkwater college"
"passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"
{adj: jingling, jingly} having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells
"jingling sleigh bells"
{adj: jittering} undergoing small rapid variations
{adj: large, big} above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
"a large city"
"set out for the big city"
"a large sum"
"a big (or large) barn"
"a large family"
"big businesses"
"a big expenditure"
"a large number of newspapers"
"a big group of scientists"
"large areas of the world"
<-> little, small
{adj: light, light-colored} (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent
"light blue"
"light colors such as pastels"
"a light-colored powder"
<-> dark
{adj: light} of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment
"light infantry"
"light cavalry"
"light industry"
"light weapons"
<-> heavy
{adj: limited} small in range or scope
"limited war"
"a limited success"
"a limited circle of friends"
<-> unlimited
{adj: little, minuscule, small} lowercase
"little a"
"small a"
"e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
{adj: little, small} (of a voice) faint
"a little voice"
"a still small voice"
{adj: little, small} (of children and animals) young, immature
"what a big little boy you are"
"small children"
{adj: little} (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some
"little rain fell in May"
"gave it little thought"
"little hope remained"
"little time is left"
"we still have little money"
"a little hope remained"
<-> much
{adj: little} small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
"a nice little job"
"bless your little heart"
"my dear little mother"
"a sweet little deal"
"I'm tired of your petty little schemes"
"filthy little tricks"
"what a nasty little situation"
{adj: loose, open} (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
"an open texture"
"a loose weave"
{adj: low-interest} (used of loans) charging a relatively small percentage of the amount borrowed
<-> high-interest
{adj: low-lying} having a small elevation above the ground or horizon or sea level
"low-lying clouds"
{adj: lowercase} relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case
"lowercase letters; a and b and c etc"
<-> uppercase
{adj: low} literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
"low ceilings"
"low clouds"
"low hills"
"the sun is low"
"low furniture"
"a low bow"
<-> high
{adj: lumbosacral} of or relating to or near the small of the back and the back part of the pelvis between the hips
{adj: measly, miserable, paltry} contemptibly small in amount
"a measly tip"
"the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"
"a paltry wage"
"almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"
{adj: microcephalic, microcephalous, nanocephalic} having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
"a nanocephalic dwarf"
{adj: microscopic, microscopical} too small to be seen except under a microscope
<-> macroscopic
{adj: micro} extremely small in scale or scope or capability
{adj: miniature} being on a very small scale
"a miniature camera"
{adj: minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized} limited in size or scope
"a small business"
"a newspaper with a modest circulation"
"small-scale plans"
"a pocket-size country"
{adj: minuscule, miniscule} very small
"a minuscule kitchen"
"a minuscule amount of rain fell"
{adj: minuscule, minuscular} of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries
<-> majuscule
{adj: modest, small} not large but sufficient in size or amount
"a modest salary"
"modest inflation"
"helped in my own small way"
{adj: mosaic, tessellated} decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together
"a mosaic floor"
"a tessellated pavement"
{adj: negligible} so small as to be meaningless; insignificant
"the effect was negligible"
{adj: nestled, snuggled} drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection
"saw a number of small houses nestled against the hillside"
"like a baby snuggled in its mother's arms"
{adj: nickel-and-dime, small-time} of minor importance
"a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room"
"a small-time actor"
{adj: noisy} full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds
"a noisy cafeteria"
"a small noisy dog"
<-> quiet
{adj: nominal, token, tokenish} insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal)
"the fee was nominal"
"a token gesture of resistance"
"a toknenish gesture"
{adj: parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go} fraught with danger
"dangerous waters"
"a parlous journey on stormy seas"
"a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"
"the precarious life of an undersea diver"
"dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"
{adj: patched, spotty, spotted, black-and-white} having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture)
"a field patched with ice and snow"
"the wall had a spotty speckled effect"
"a black-and-white spotted cow"
{adj: penny-wise} thrifty in small matters only
{adj: perithelial} of or relating to the tissue layer around small blood vessels
{adj: petty, small-minded} contemptibly narrow in outlook
"petty little comments"
"disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"
{adj: pocket-size, pocket-sized, pocketable} small enough to be carried in a garment pocket
"pocket-size paperbacks"
{adj: possessive} desirous of owning
"small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys"
{adj: powdered, powdery, pulverized, pulverised, small-grained, fine-grained} consisting of fine particles
"powdered cellulose"
"powdery snow"
"pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding"
{adj: retrousse, tip-tilted, upturned} (used of noses) turned up at the end
"a retrousse nose"
"a small upturned nose"
{adj: rimose} having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices
"a tree with rimose bark"
{adj: ruly} neat and tidy
"a small ruly beard"
{adj: scalelike} reduced to a small appressed thing that resembles a scale
"scalelike leaves"
{adj: semiprivate} confined to a small number of hospital patients
"semiprivate room"
{adj: slender, slim} small in quantity
"slender wages"
"a slim chance of winning"
"a small surplus"
{adj: slender-waisted, slim-waisted, wasp-waisted} having a small waist
{adj: small, little} limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
"a little dining room"
"a little house"
"a small car"
"a little (or small) group"
<-> big, large
{adj: small-capitalization, small-capitalisation, small-cap} of stocks of companies with a market capitalization of less than one billion dollars
{adj: small-eared} having small ears
{adj: small-fruited} bearing small fruit
{adj: small-scale} created or drawn on a small scale
"small-scale maps"
"a small-scale model"
{adj: small-seeded} having relatively small seeds
{adj: small-toothed} having small teeth
{adj: small-winged} having small wings
{adj: smaller, littler} small or little relative to something else
{adj: smallish} rather small
{adj: small} have fine or very small constituent particles
"a small misty rain"
{adj: small} slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope
"a series of death struggles with small time in between"
{adj: subgross} too small to be visible to the naked eye
{adj: sumptuary} regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior
"sumptuary laws discouraging construction of large houses on small plots"
"sumptuary laws forbidding gambling"
{adj: thin} of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
"thin wire"
"a thin chiffon blouse"
"a thin book"
"a thin layer of paint"
<-> thick
{adj: tinkling, tinkly} like the short high ringing sound of a small bell
"sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"
{adj: toupeed} wearing a small hairpiece to cover partial baldness
{adj: ultramicroscopic} too small to be seen without an ultramicroscope
{adj: uncomplicated, unsophisticated} lacking complexity
"small and uncomplicated cars for those really interested in motoring"
"an unsophisticated machine"
{adj: unfledged, immature} (of birds) not yet having developed feathers
"a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill"
<-> fledged
{adj: unhurried} capable of accepting delay with equanimity
"was unhurried with the small children"
{adj: unhygienic} so unclean as to be a likely cause of disease
"pathetic dogs kept in small unhygienic cages"
{adj: unreconstructed} adhering to an attitude or position widely held to be outmoded
"peasants are still unreconstructed small capitalists at heart"
"there are probably more unreconstructed Southerners than one would like to admit"
<-> reconstructed
{adj: vacuolate, vacuolated} formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell
{adj: variolar, variolic, variolous} relating to small pox
{adj: wisplike, wispy} thin and weak
"a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet"- Edmund Wilson
{adv: a bit, a little, a trifle} to a small degree; somewhat
"it's a bit warm"
"felt a little better"
"a trifle smaller"
{adv: ascetically} in an ascetic manner
"she lived ascetically in a small house all by herself"
{adv: barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce} by a small margin
"they could barely hear the speaker"
"we hardly knew them"
"just missed being hit"
"had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"
"would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
{adv: big} on a grand scale
"think big"
<-> small
{adv: by inches, little by little, by small degrees} by a short distance
"they moved it by inches"
{adv: delightfully} in a delightful manner
"the farm house, though in itself a small one, is delightfully situated"
{adv: for a song, for a bargain price, at a low price} for a relatively small amount of money
"we bought the house for a song"
{adv: give or take} plus or minus a small amount
"it is a mile away, give or take a few hundred yards"
{adv: humiliatingly, demeaningly} in a humiliating manner
"the painting was reproduced humiliatingly small"
{adv: ignorantly} in ignorance; in an ignorant manner
"they lived ignorantly in their own small world"
{adv: inconceivably} to an inconceivable degree
"inconceivably small"
{adv: ineptly} in an infelicitous manner
"this function is ineptly left to a small voice"
{adv: laughably, ridiculously, ludicrously, preposterously} so as to arouse or deserve laughter
"her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well"
{adv: manageably} so as to be manageable
"this house is manageably small"
<-> unmanageably
{adv: microscopically} by using a microscope; so as to be visible only with a microscope; as seen with a microscope
"the blood was examined microscopically"
"the seeds were microscopically small"
{adv: narrow-mindedly, small-mindedly} in a narrow-minded manner
"narrow-mindedly, the authorities closed down the cafe where teenagers used to hang out"
<-> broad-mindedly
{adv: rather, kind of, kinda, sort of} to some (great or small) extent
"it was rather cold"
"the party was rather nice"
"the knife is rather dull"
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