英语词汇“small is beautiful”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P8. small is beautiful: expressing a belief that small-scale institutions, systems, etc., are more desirable than large-scale ones; also attributive.Esp. associated with the thought of E. F. Schumacher (see quot. 1973).

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [phrase] > on a small scale > belief that small scale is best

small is beautiful1971

1971 Jrnl. Aesthetic Educ. 5 31 The aesthetic values..are determined by real properties of the objects (i.e. size—small is beautiful and the gigantesque sublime.)

1973 E. F. Schumacher (title) Small is beautiful.

1975 Country Life 25 Dec. 1784/1 Adapting Schumacher's phrase, we decide that not only small but piecemeal is beautiful.

1976 Seed 5 v. 6/3 Included are articles on self-sufficiency, ‘small-is-beautiful’ politics and agriculture and nutrition.

1977 D. James Spy at Evening xxiv. 193 Small Is Beautiful—but big pays more.

2003 Holiday Which? Spring 80/2 It's good news once again for the no-frills airlines in our survey, but small is beautiful when it comes to our table topper.

单词	small is beautiful
释义	> as lemmas small is beautiful P8. small is beautiful: expressing a belief that small-scale institutions, systems, etc., are more desirable than large-scale ones; also attributive.Esp. associated with the thought of E. F. Schumacher (see quot. 1973). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [phrase] > on a small scale > belief that small scale is best small is beautiful1971 1971 Jrnl. Aesthetic Educ. 5 31 The aesthetic values..are determined by real properties of the objects (i.e. size—small is beautiful and the gigantesque sublime.) 1973 E. F. Schumacher (title) Small is beautiful. 1975 Country Life 25 Dec. 1784/1 Adapting Schumacher's phrase, we decide that not only small but piecemeal is beautiful. 1976 Seed 5 v. 6/3 Included are articles on self-sufficiency, ‘small-is-beautiful’ politics and agriculture and nutrition. 1977 D. James Spy at Evening xxiv. 193 Small Is Beautiful—but big pays more. 2003 Holiday Which? Spring 80/2 It's good news once again for the no-frills airlines in our survey, but small is beautiful when it comes to our table topper. extracted from smalladj.n.² < as lemmas
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