| 释义 |
small fryˈsmall fry noun [uncountable]   - Feeders are small fry, though they're well paid if the ransom's high.
- The Army seemed very small fry in comparison.
- We were small fry compared with them.
- Well, the reader may say, he's small fry, an easy target.
someone who is not important► not important · He's not really an important figure in the organization.· Don't worry about the critics. They're not important - they just think they are. ► insignificant not important enough or powerful enough to worry about or treat seriously: · The anti-war group was an insignificant minority within the party.· The spies' payroll included insignificant clerks and highly placed officials. ► the little guy especially American, informal a person or organization that is not important because they do not have any power or influence: · He got rich trading illegally on the stock market, using the little guy's money.· When the big retailers open a store, the little guys lose business. ► lightweight someone who is well-known, for example in politics or literature, but is not really respected or considered to be important: · His books are tremendously popular, but most of the critics regard him as a lightweight.political/intellectual/literary etc lightweight: · It would be dangerous to dismiss her as a political lightweight. ► a nobody informal someone who is considered to be unimportant because they are not famous, powerful, or rich: · He went from being a nobody to being paid $2 million a year.· I felt like a complete nobody when I lost my job. ► nonentity someone who is not at all important, powerful, or interesting, and has no special qualities or skills: · Next to him, the other dancers seemed like nonentities.· He packed his government with nonentities, who would never challenge his leadership. ► small fry informal a person or group who has very little power or importance compared to other people or organizations: · Environmental groups are small fry against the power of the big multinationals.· Only the small fry on the drugs scene got caught by the police. people or things that are not important when compared to other people or things:  There’s no point in arresting the small fry. |