smaller

1. ADJ-GRADED (尺寸)小的
   A small person, thing, or amount of something is not large in physical size.
   1. She is small for her age...
      她看上去比同龄人个头小。
   2. The window was far too small for him to get through...
      窗户对他来说实在太小，他钻不过去。
   3. Next door to the garage is a small orchard area...
      紧挨着车库是一座小果园。
   4. Stick them on using a small amount of glue.
      用少许胶水把它们贴上。
2. ADJ-GRADED 数目少的;含量小的
   A small group or quantity consists of only a few people or things.
   1. A small group of students meets regularly to learn Japanese...
      一小组学生定期聚在一起学习日语。
   2. Guns continued to be produced in small numbers.
      枪支继续被小批量地制造出来。
3. ADJ-GRADED 年纪小的;幼小的
   A small child is a very young child.
   1. I have a wife and two small children...
      我有一个妻子和两个年幼的孩子。
   2. What were you like when you were small?
      你小的时候是什么样子？
4. ADJ-GRADED 不重要的;无足轻重的;程度小的
   You use small to describe something that is not significant or great in degree.
   1. It's quite easy to make quite small changes to the way that you work...
      对工作方式作一些小的改变会比较容易。
   2. No detail was too small to escape her attention...
      再小的细节都逃不过她的眼睛。
   3. He believes this to be a relatively small problem.
      他认为这相对而言是一个小问题。
5. ADJ-GRADED (企业或公司)小规模的，小型的
   Small businesses or companies employ a small number of people and do business with a small number of clients.
   1. ...shops, restaurants and other small businesses...
      商店、饭馆以及其他小企业
   2. Tool companies here are generally small.
      这里制造工具的公司普遍规模不大。
6. ADJ-GRADED (嗓音)微弱的，轻柔的
   If someone speaks in a small voice, they speak in a quiet, high voice because they are frightened or ashamed.
   1. 'I'm scared,' she said in a very small voice.
      她非常小声地说：“我很害怕。”
7. ADJ-GRADED 渺小的;自惭形秽的
   If someone makes you look or feel small, they make you look or feel stupid or ashamed.
   1. This may just be another of her schemes to make me look small...
      这也许是她处心积虑要让我自惭形秽的另一步棋。
   2. When your children misbehave tell them without making them feel small.
      孩子表现不佳时要让他们知道，但不能让他们自惭形秽。
8. N-SING (人体的)腰背部
   The small of your back is the bottom part of your back that curves in slightly.
   1. Place your hands on the small of your back and breathe in.
      双手置于腰部，吸气。
9. See also: smalls

You can use the adjective small rather than little to draw attention to the fact that something is small. For instance, you cannot say 'The town is little' or 'I have a very little car', but you can say 'The town is small' or 'I have a very small car'. Little is a less precise word than small, and may be used to suggest the speaker's feelings or attitude towards the person or thing being described. For that reason, little is often used after another adjective. What a nice little house you've got here!... Shut up, you horrible little boy!
表示物体小的时候用 small，而不用 little，例如，不能说 The town is little 或者 I have a very little car，但是可以说 The town is small (这个城镇很小)，I have a very small car (我有一辆很小的车)。little 的意义不及 small 精确，可以用来表示说话人对所说的人或物的感情或态度。因此 little 常用于其他形容词之后，例如：What a nice little house you've got here (你这房子多么漂亮小巧呀)，Shut up, you horrible little boy (闭嘴！你这个可恶的小家伙)。

1. They always look smaller close up.
   凑近看时，它们总是显得小一些。
2. It is often a good idea to start with smaller, easily achievable goals.
   一开始把目标定得低一点、容易实现一点，总不失为一个好主意。
3. We're now looking at a smaller system but I'll come on to that later.
   我们现在看的是较小的系统，但是稍后我会谈到那个问题。
4. 30 years ago, scientists came up with the theory that protons and neutrons are composed of three smaller particles.
   30年前，科学家们提出了质子和中子是由三种更小的粒子组成的理论。
5. The average European kitchen is smaller than its American cousin.
   欧式的厨房一般比美式厨房小。
6. The Trust needs a new law to divide it up into smaller bodies.
   该托管组织需要有新法律来将它分成若干小型机构。
7. Their smaller rival is battling to end their duopoly.
   规模更小的竞争对手正为结束他们的两强垄断局面而抗争着。
8. Farms in France are much smaller than those in the United States or even Britain.
   法国的农场比美国甚至是英国的农场都要小很多。
9. A steady growth in the popularity of two smaller parties may upset the polls
   两个较小政党的支持率稳步上升，可能会打乱投票结果。
10. She has moved to a smaller house.
    她已经搬进了一所小一些的房子。
11. The time delay would be smaller by eight orders of magnitude.
    如果按8个数量级来看，延时量会显得小一些。
12. It made it almost impossible for the smaller retailer to compete against the multiples.
    这使得小零售商几乎不可能跟连锁店竞争。
13. They are selling their house to move to a smaller one
    他们正打算卖掉房子，然后搬到一个小一点的住处。
14. The recesses are decorated with gold stars, with smaller stars painted along the edges.
    那些壁龛用金色的星星作装饰，边缘则用漆绘着小一些的星星。
15. Predatory pricing by large supermarkets was threatening the livelihood of smaller businesses.
    大型超市的掠夺性价格正威胁着小商店的生计。
16. A big earthquake a long way off is preferable to a smaller one nearby
    远处发生大地震总比在附近发生小地震好。
17. Most schemes attempt to reduce the cost of defence through a smaller regular army
    大多数方案都试图通过缩减常备军的规模来降低国防支出。
18. Let's separate into smaller groups
    我们分成几个小组吧。
19. The band are playing a handful of shows at smaller venues.
    乐队要在小一点的场馆举办几场演出。
20. Smaller contractors had been forced to shut down
    规模较小的承包商已被迫歇业。
21. To the side of the large star is a smaller star
    大星星旁边是一颗小一点的星星。
22. As major airlines give up less-traveled routes, smaller planes are picking up the slack.
    由于大型航空公司放弃了乘客较少的路线，一些较小的飞机正在加紧补位。
23. It is becoming harder for the authorities to sucker healthy banks into taking over smaller ones.
    当局要想哄骗经营状况良好的银行接管小银行是越来越难了。
24. During the 1980s monster publishing houses started to swallow up smaller companies.
    20世纪80年代，一些出版巨头开始吞并一些较小的公司。
25. The radio only weighs a few ounces and is smaller than a cigarette packet
    这台收音机重量仅为几盎司，比香烟盒还小。
26. The systems are getting smaller and using lower voltages.
    这些系统变得更小，使用的电压也更低。
27. Authors still have power to vote with their feet by leaving to join smaller companies.
    作者依然可以通过退出并加盟规模小些的公司来表明他们的反对立场。
28. Well, maybe it would be easier to start with a smaller problem
    那么，也许从小问题入手会更容易些。
29. This desk looks fine, but it is a little [ bit] smaller.
    这张桌子倒很好看，不过小了点儿。
30. With the changes in the world's climate, dinosaurs died, but many smaller animals lived on. It was the survival of the fittest.
    随着世界气候的变迁，恐龙绝迹了，但许多较小的动物却继续活了下来。这就是适者生存。

adj

1. small or little relative to something else

   Synonym:    littler