What cultural progress they had made among those people was by advanced western standards negligible indeed . 他们在这些人们中间所取得的文化上的成就,按西方先进标准来衡量,的确是微不足道的。
The very insignificance of this planet in the vastness of the known universe is enough to numb the minds of most people . 在广阔无垠的已知宇宙中,这颗行星是微不足道的,大多数人对此无法想象。
We're in the habit of despising foreigners; the scorn we have for them is nothing to the scorn they have for us . 我们有一种轻视外国人的习惯;其实我们对他们的轻视比他们对我们的轻视,真是微不足道的。
If his house could accommodate any friend of theirs-it would be but a slight acknowledgment of the many favours he owned them . 如果他的屋子能使公爵的任何朋友感到方便,这对公爵的恩情不过是个微不足道的报答。
The london teachers were so angry about the stingy offer of 12 pounds london allowance increase which mrs. thatcher made to them. 伦敦的教师对于撒切尔夫人提出给他们增加微不足道的十二英镑的地区津贴十分生气。
Though everywhere beloved for the friendliness of his heart and his amiable temper, his talents could not have recommended him at any time . 虽然他心肠友好,性情温厚而到处为人所爱,但他的才智无论在什么时候都是微不足道的。
I had no room for desire, except it was of things which i had not, and they were but trifles, though indeed of great use to me . 我心里已经没有贪求之念,除了少数我缺乏的东西;这些东西虽然对我有用,然而都是微不足道的东西。
No joy at a thing of so mean a nature was ever equal to mine, when i found i had made an earthen pot that would bear the fire . 当我发现我已经制成了一只能耐火的罐子的时候,我对于这件微不足道的事情所感到的快乐,真是无可比拟。
I mean , what , to him , luther ' s the invisible man 对他而言卢瑟是个微不足道的人
First two were minnows - smaii - time messengers 先是两个传信的微不足道的小杂鱼