| 单词 | chickenfeed |
| 释义 | chickenfeed noun[U] informaluk/ˈtʃɪk.ɪn.fiːd/us/ˈtʃɪk.ɪn.fiːd/asmalland notimportantamountofmoney: 为数甚微的一笔钱，微不足道的款项They'relosing$200,000 on thisdeal, but that's chickenfeedto/foracompanywithyearlyprofitsof $25 million.他们在这次交易中将损失20万美元，不过对于一个年利润有2500万美元的公司来说，那不过是九牛一毛。 Small amounts of money
chickenfeed| American Dictionarychickenfeed noun[U] slangus/ˈtʃɪk·ənˌfid/anamountofmoneythat is sosmallincomparisonwith otheramountsthat it isunimportantand can beignored: Theylost$200,000 on thisdeal, but that’s chickenfeed for acompanythatbig. Examplesofchickenfeedchickenfeed Any possible and arguable saving of accidents and fatalities by the wearing of seatbelts would be merechickenfeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This ischickenfeed, a tiny amount of money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 By the time they have grown and become medium ports, the £500,000 will have becomechickenfeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He described the proposal in various splendid ways, including calling itchickenfeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If they are not advised to keep silent, they will have a field day with their memoirs, which would make recent disclosures look likechickenfeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would probably make one million unemployed look likechickenfeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That may sound quite a lot of money, but it ischickenfeedcompared with the benefits that come from an effective population policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the £2, 000 million that goes in tax relief for mortgage payments, beside which £46½ million ischickenfeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is because we are not dealing withchickenfeedbut with £613 million in taxation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those figures will be regarded aschickenfeedin the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A total of £1·5 million at 1984 prices—most of the calculations were put together in 1984 — ischickenfeedto big business. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If we could provide free travel at all times for every old age pensioner at £230 million, that would bechickenfeedfor such an achievement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he not, therefore, agree that £118 million ischickenfeedand will not meet the circumstances? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, the money from tourism is by no meanschickenfeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Even that ischickenfeedin terms of the £21 billion that it costs to keep people out of work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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