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单词 little people
释义
little people
noun[plural]
uk
/ˈlɪt.əl ˌpiː.pəl/us
/ˈlɪt̬.əl ˌpiː.pəl/
ordinarypeople, who are notrichorpowerful:
Hewantsto putpowerback in thehandsoflocalcommunities, give littlepeopleavoice.
(alsolittle folk)
smallimaginarycreatures, such asleprechauns, thatlooklikesmallhumans:
（想象出来的）小精灵，小妖精
Hergrandmotherused totellstoriesof the littlepeople.
More examples
  • We, the littlepeople, have noobviousway tohaltthisdisgustingwar.
  • Myconcern, as always, is for the littlepeopleofAmerica, thepoorand themiddleclass.
  • We're littlepeoplewith not a lot ofmoney,facingacreditcardindustrythat makes millions ofdollars.
  • From the way thepoliticalelitebehave, itseemsethicsare for littlepeople.
  • Piskies are the littlepeople. They get up to allsortsoftricksin thatpartof thecountry.
  • Forcenturies,taleshave been told of "littlepeople" whoinhabitedforestsand out-of-the-wayplaces.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Ordinary people
  • banausic
  • community
  • Essex girl
  • everyman
  • grassroots
  • John Doe
  • John Q. Public
  • man/woman of the peopleidiom
  • mass market
  • mortal
  • omnibus
  • popular
  • popularly
  • prole
  • public
  • rabble
  • ruck
  • the common manidiom
  • the man/woman in the streetidiom
  • the man/woman on the Clapham omnibusidiom
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(Definition oflittle peoplefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
little people
noun[plural]
uk
/ˈlɪt.əl ˌpiː.pəl/us
/ˈlɪt̬.əl ˌpiː.pəl/
(alsolittle folk)
smallimaginarycreatures, such asleprechauns, thatlooklikesmallhumans
（想象出来的）小精灵，小妖精

Examplesoflittle people

little people
It makes it hard for us to believe that we had anything to do with begetting or raising such exquisitelittlepeople.
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No more homunculi, no morelittlepeoplein the head doing or saying or experiencing things!
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But disco served, too, as soundtrack for a big party among variouslittlepeople, a ritual of radical embodiment enacted by radically stigmatised bodies.
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Thelittlepeoplewho found themselves in the middle were often reduced to charred pieces.
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They tend to hurt those whom they are designed to help: they reward the villains and the black marketeers and punish thelittlepeople.
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Here is alittlepeopleand a loyal people.
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Therefore, it is not only thelittlepeoplewho do this.
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I think it is always thelittlepeople—the poor relations—who lead the way, as my noble friend said the other day.
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The staple needs of thelittlepeopleare relatively simple and relatively stable.
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There are 87,000,000 of these people, and they are not just timid, docilelittlepeople—perhaps that is one of the counts against them.
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Those utilities then exist to look after not thelittlepeoplebut their shareholders.
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It is not only the big people who are caught by this taxation, but also thelittlepeople.
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Unless we deal with thelittlepeopleand the little issues, the quality of life in this country will be the poorer.
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He believes that they arelittlepeoplewho can be instructed by him to do what they ought to do according to his principles.
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We should focus much more on thelittlepeople.
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