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a cog in a/the machine idiom disapproving a member of a large organization whose job, although necessary, makes them feel as if they are not important: (大机构中的)小职员;不可或缺但无足轻重的人,小人物 I decided to set up my own business because I was tired of just being a cog in a machine.我决定创立自己的公司,因为我厌倦了在大公司中做个微不足道的小人物。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases People of little importance be past your sell-by dateidiom cannon fodder Cinderella inferior lightweight mediocrity minnow nobody nothing pipsqueak plaything poor poor relationidiom pygmy second-class citizen unknown waste waste of spaceidiom waster worm
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