Definition of small-time in English:

small-time

adjectiveˈsmɔːltʌɪmˈsmɔl ˈˌtaɪm

informal

Unimportant; minor.
〈非正式〉次要的，无关紧要的
a small-time gangster
小流氓。
Example sentencesExamples
- Gina is your softer-featured Calvin, a small-time stylist who's just trying to make it in a world full of headaches.
- The crooks range from small-time gangsters to big-time drug traffickers and international terrorists.
- The book was to show how corporations and small-time bureaucrats conspire to sell out the people they purport to represent.
- Ten years later, Rikidozan was killed by a small-time gangster, with a tanto, in a bar.
- First came a rumor about Kerry, then a small-time blogger wrote about it, and his posting was read by journalists.
- But Michael Rebell was never the small-time lawyer, with only a desk and a shingle, that some made him out to be.
- But Pitt's six-year reign as a small-time godfather in south Manchester came to an end last year when he was jailed for life for murder.
- A clutch of kings, small-time rulers and chieftains invaded your home, dazzling garments and heavy jewellery in tow.
- It is a cynical look at small-time academia, and it was really completely beneath the station of someone like Qian to have written it.
- After an uninspiring university life he worked as a small-time suburban solicitor who lived with his mother until he was thirty-two.
- He was a small-time farmer, who loved animals and the land.
- The boys are suitably impressed, and when Sanjay asks them to work for him, turning their small-time racket into a bigger operation, they agree.
- They were ‘just small-time crooks who thought they were a lot bigger than they were’, according to Richardson.
- No one questioned what a small-time dealer would be doing with rockets.
- Back in the day, Great Britain used to make and unmake small-time countries like Greece with one hand tied behind its back.
- The industry sweepstakes are pegged with four major players at the top, two medium-scale ones and a few small-time operators.
- And what can small-time stations and local radio networks learn from their examples?
- For sheer want of manpower, violators go untraced and consequently a summons is never served for small-time traffic violations.
- The jury at Preston Crown Court had been told how small-time drug dealer Mr Barnshaw had been beaten and doused in petrol and set alight after being kidnapped.
- In the movie, he's a small-time interviewer from a small-time station.
Synonyms
minor, small-scale, small
petty, unimportant, insignificant, of no account, of no consequence, inconsequential
North American minor-league
informal penny-ante, piddling
North American informal two-bit, no-account, bush-league, picayune

Derivatives

small-timer

nounˌsmɔːlˈtʌɪmə

informal

But the disadvantage to small-timers in the current system matters because getting a permit is the only way to access the dwindling number of sites in the Canadian Arctic with known or probable mineral deposits.
Example sentencesExamples
- Whatever the proximate causes in such situations, fundamentally the problem is that small-timers with their local concerns acquire disproportionate clout when the electoral verdict is not clear-cut.
- Large businesses don't care so much about regulation - medium-large ones can eat the cost, supersized ones can finagle the regs so that the rules actually favor them - but small-timers have neither money nor pull.
- He dealt fair as you come, always paid his source, always gave respect to the Bosses and didn't bully small-timers like me.
- In New York, they were far from Silicon Alley; they were self-conscious small-timers in an unself-conscious era of wealth and growth.

Definition of small-time in US English:

small-time

adjectiveˈsmɔl ˈˌtaɪmˈsmôl ˈˌtīm

informal

Unimportant; minor.
〈非正式〉次要的，无关紧要的
a small-time gangster
小流氓。
Example sentencesExamples
- After an uninspiring university life he worked as a small-time suburban solicitor who lived with his mother until he was thirty-two.
- First came a rumor about Kerry, then a small-time blogger wrote about it, and his posting was read by journalists.
- But Michael Rebell was never the small-time lawyer, with only a desk and a shingle, that some made him out to be.
- For sheer want of manpower, violators go untraced and consequently a summons is never served for small-time traffic violations.
- In the movie, he's a small-time interviewer from a small-time station.
- Back in the day, Great Britain used to make and unmake small-time countries like Greece with one hand tied behind its back.
- The industry sweepstakes are pegged with four major players at the top, two medium-scale ones and a few small-time operators.
- Ten years later, Rikidozan was killed by a small-time gangster, with a tanto, in a bar.
- The crooks range from small-time gangsters to big-time drug traffickers and international terrorists.
- And what can small-time stations and local radio networks learn from their examples?
- The jury at Preston Crown Court had been told how small-time drug dealer Mr Barnshaw had been beaten and doused in petrol and set alight after being kidnapped.
- The book was to show how corporations and small-time bureaucrats conspire to sell out the people they purport to represent.
- He was a small-time farmer, who loved animals and the land.
- But Pitt's six-year reign as a small-time godfather in south Manchester came to an end last year when he was jailed for life for murder.
- A clutch of kings, small-time rulers and chieftains invaded your home, dazzling garments and heavy jewellery in tow.
- Gina is your softer-featured Calvin, a small-time stylist who's just trying to make it in a world full of headaches.
- No one questioned what a small-time dealer would be doing with rockets.
- They were ‘just small-time crooks who thought they were a lot bigger than they were’, according to Richardson.
- The boys are suitably impressed, and when Sanjay asks them to work for him, turning their small-time racket into a bigger operation, they agree.
- It is a cynical look at small-time academia, and it was really completely beneath the station of someone like Qian to have written it.
Synonyms
minor, small-scale, small

词汇	small-time
释义	Definition of small-time in English: small-time adjectiveˈsmɔːltʌɪmˈsmɔl ˈˌtaɪm informal Unimportant; minor. 〈非正式〉次要的，无关紧要的 a small-time gangster 小流氓。 Example sentencesExamples Gina is your softer-featured Calvin, a small-time stylist who's just trying to make it in a world full of headaches. The crooks range from small-time gangsters to big-time drug traffickers and international terrorists. The book was to show how corporations and small-time bureaucrats conspire to sell out the people they purport to represent. Ten years later, Rikidozan was killed by a small-time gangster, with a tanto, in a bar. First came a rumor about Kerry, then a small-time blogger wrote about it, and his posting was read by journalists. But Michael Rebell was never the small-time lawyer, with only a desk and a shingle, that some made him out to be. But Pitt's six-year reign as a small-time godfather in south Manchester came to an end last year when he was jailed for life for murder. A clutch of kings, small-time rulers and chieftains invaded your home, dazzling garments and heavy jewellery in tow. It is a cynical look at small-time academia, and it was really completely beneath the station of someone like Qian to have written it. After an uninspiring university life he worked as a small-time suburban solicitor who lived with his mother until he was thirty-two. He was a small-time farmer, who loved animals and the land. The boys are suitably impressed, and when Sanjay asks them to work for him, turning their small-time racket into a bigger operation, they agree. They were ‘just small-time crooks who thought they were a lot bigger than they were’, according to Richardson. No one questioned what a small-time dealer would be doing with rockets. Back in the day, Great Britain used to make and unmake small-time countries like Greece with one hand tied behind its back. The industry sweepstakes are pegged with four major players at the top, two medium-scale ones and a few small-time operators. And what can small-time stations and local radio networks learn from their examples? For sheer want of manpower, violators go untraced and consequently a summons is never served for small-time traffic violations. The jury at Preston Crown Court had been told how small-time drug dealer Mr Barnshaw had been beaten and doused in petrol and set alight after being kidnapped. In the movie, he's a small-time interviewer from a small-time station. Synonyms minor, small-scale, small petty, unimportant, insignificant, of no account, of no consequence, inconsequential North American minor-league informal penny-ante, piddling North American informal two-bit, no-account, bush-league, picayune Derivatives small-timer nounˌsmɔːlˈtʌɪmə informal But the disadvantage to small-timers in the current system matters because getting a permit is the only way to access the dwindling number of sites in the Canadian Arctic with known or probable mineral deposits. Example sentencesExamples Whatever the proximate causes in such situations, fundamentally the problem is that small-timers with their local concerns acquire disproportionate clout when the electoral verdict is not clear-cut. Large businesses don't care so much about regulation - medium-large ones can eat the cost, supersized ones can finagle the regs so that the rules actually favor them - but small-timers have neither money nor pull. He dealt fair as you come, always paid his source, always gave respect to the Bosses and didn't bully small-timers like me. In New York, they were far from Silicon Alley; they were self-conscious small-timers in an unself-conscious era of wealth and growth. Definition of small-time in US English: small-time adjectiveˈsmɔl ˈˌtaɪmˈsmôl ˈˌtīm informal Unimportant; minor. 〈非正式〉次要的，无关紧要的 a small-time gangster 小流氓。 Example sentencesExamples After an uninspiring university life he worked as a small-time suburban solicitor who lived with his mother until he was thirty-two. First came a rumor about Kerry, then a small-time blogger wrote about it, and his posting was read by journalists. But Michael Rebell was never the small-time lawyer, with only a desk and a shingle, that some made him out to be. For sheer want of manpower, violators go untraced and consequently a summons is never served for small-time traffic violations. In the movie, he's a small-time interviewer from a small-time station. Back in the day, Great Britain used to make and unmake small-time countries like Greece with one hand tied behind its back. The industry sweepstakes are pegged with four major players at the top, two medium-scale ones and a few small-time operators. Ten years later, Rikidozan was killed by a small-time gangster, with a tanto, in a bar. The crooks range from small-time gangsters to big-time drug traffickers and international terrorists. And what can small-time stations and local radio networks learn from their examples? The jury at Preston Crown Court had been told how small-time drug dealer Mr Barnshaw had been beaten and doused in petrol and set alight after being kidnapped. The book was to show how corporations and small-time bureaucrats conspire to sell out the people they purport to represent. He was a small-time farmer, who loved animals and the land. But Pitt's six-year reign as a small-time godfather in south Manchester came to an end last year when he was jailed for life for murder. A clutch of kings, small-time rulers and chieftains invaded your home, dazzling garments and heavy jewellery in tow. Gina is your softer-featured Calvin, a small-time stylist who's just trying to make it in a world full of headaches. No one questioned what a small-time dealer would be doing with rockets. They were ‘just small-time crooks who thought they were a lot bigger than they were’, according to Richardson. The boys are suitably impressed, and when Sanjay asks them to work for him, turning their small-time racket into a bigger operation, they agree. It is a cynical look at small-time academia, and it was really completely beneath the station of someone like Qian to have written it. Synonyms minor, small-scale, small
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