流逝汉英词典

penny ante

P 开头单词

基本解释

  • （打撲尅等）賭注小的賭博；小金額或小額硬幣的交易；無關緊要的事

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    雙語例句

  • But the company is really penny-ante, he only owns one taxi and he drives it himself.
    換句話說，他自己就是唯一那輛出租車的司機。 從這段話我們看出penny-ante的含義是微不足道的小事。
  • But the company is really penny-ante - he only owns one taxi and he drives it himself.
    換句話說，他自己就是唯一那輛出租車的司機。 從這段話我們看出penny-ante含義是微不足道的小事。
  • There's a lot of penny-ante politics going on at our office.
    在我們辦公室裡，有許多爲了一些瑣碎小事而勾心鬭角的事情。

    • 權威例句

  • Compared to the income and general sales tax hikes, the Amazon levy is penny ante stuff.
    FORBES: Connecticut About To Adopt Amazon Internet Sales Tax
  • By the standards of professional sports, poker is distinctly a penny-ante game.
    FORBES: Focus

词组短语

    短語

  • penny -ante 微不足道的小事