听声词典

penny ante

P 开头单词

基本解释

  • （打扑克等）赌注小的赌博；小金额或小额硬币的交易；无关紧要的事

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英汉例句

    双语例句

  • But the company is really penny-ante, he only owns one taxi and he drives it himself.
    换句话说，他自己就是唯一那辆出租车的司机。 从这段话我们看出penny-ante的含义是微不足道的小事。
  • But the company is really penny-ante - he only owns one taxi and he drives it himself.
    换句话说，他自己就是唯一那辆出租车的司机。 从这段话我们看出penny-ante含义是微不足道的小事。
  • There's a lot of penny-ante politics going on at our office.
    在我们办公室里，有许多为了一些琐碎小事而勾心斗角的事情。

    • 权威例句

  • 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

    短语

  • penny -ante 微不足道的小事