| 词汇 | chickenfeed |
| 释义 | chickenfeed noun[ U ] informaluk /ˈtʃɪk.ɪn.fiːd/ us /ˈtʃɪk.ɪn.fiːd/ a small and not important amount of money: 为数甚微的一笔钱，微不足道的款项 They're losing $200,000 on this deal, but that's chickenfeed to/for a company with yearly profits of $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 a drop in the oceanidiom bagatelle bobbin chump change drop microcredit miserly mountain biking not a red centidiom paltry peanut pennyworth pittance pocket money princely red shrapnel sou trifling chickenfeed | American Dictionarychickenfeed noun[ U ] slangus/ˈtʃɪk·ənˌfid/ an amount of money that is so small in comparison with other amounts that it is unimportant and can be ignored: They lost $200,000 on this deal, but that’s chickenfeed for a company that big. Examples of chickenfeedchickenfeed Any possible and arguable saving of accidents and fatalities by the wearing of seatbelts would be mere chickenfeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is chickenfeed, a tiny amount of money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By the time they have grown and become medium ports, the £500,000 will have become chickenfeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He described the proposal in various splendid ways, including calling it chickenfeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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 like chickenfeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would probably make one million unemployed look like chickenfeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That may sound quite a lot of money, but it is chickenfeed compared with the benefits that come from an effective population policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the £2, 000 million that goes in tax relief for mortgage payments, beside which £46½ million is chickenfeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is because we are not dealing with chickenfeed but with £613 million in taxation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those figures will be regarded as chickenfeed in the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A total of £1·5 million at 1984 prices—most of the calculations were put together in 1984 — is chickenfeed to big business. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we could provide free travel at all times for every old age pensioner at £230 million, that would be chickenfeed for such an achievement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he not, therefore, agree that £118 million is chickenfeed and will not meet the circumstances? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, the money from tourism is by no means chickenfeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even that is chickenfeed in 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 the Open 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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