" Oh, it's not very far from here, " answered Minnie.

" I don't think you'd better try any more this fall,'said Minnie.

“ 我看今年秋天你不用再找了, "敏妮说.

" No, " returned Minnie softly, and rattling the dishes to drown the conversation.

“ 不, " 敏妮轻轻说道.她故意把碗碟弄出声响来掩盖她们的谈话声."他不会去的.

'she just feels a little curious, I guess, " ventured Minnie.

“ 我看她只是有点好奇, "敏妮大着胆子说道.

Minnie can't explain why her children have gone wrong.

明妮无法解释为什么她的孩子走上了歧途.

" Yes,'said Minnie;'she said she wasn't going to do it any more. "

“ 是啊, "敏妮说, " 她答应以后不这样了. ”

" Oh , I don't think Sven would want to go to-night, " returned Minnie.

“ 我看史文今晚不会肯去的, " 敏妮回答.

Minnie was no companion for her sister -- she was too old.

敏妮实在不是她妹妹的好伴侣 -- 她的年纪太大了.

Operationally, too, PetroChina a minnow beside its peers.

在运营方面, 中石油与其同行相比也只是小字辈.

Throw out a minnow to catch a whale.

弃小引大.

I'll a few words first , in the hope of a minnow a whale.

以下是我的一些建议, 希望能起抛砖引玉的作用.

one of the minnows of the computer industry

计算机行业中一家微不足道的小公司

One must lose a minnow to catch a salmon.

失去小鲤鱼,抓住大马哈鱼.

Their total catch was one minnow.

他们的全部所获是一条小鱼。

To throw out a minnow to catch a whale.

抛砖引玉(抛小鱼想捉鲸鱼).

On his own side he is a Triton among the minnows.

在他自己这一方,他是庸人中的佼佼者(他是鹤立鸡群).

He was just too big a man for the position, in fact a triton among minnows.

其实他担任那一职务,才力绰绰有余, 有如鹤立鸡群.

Ummm. You mean you can put minnows in them too?

嗯, 您是说里面也可以放些小鱼 吗 ?

These criminals arrested by the police are only minnows, their leader has escaped.

这些被警察抓住的犯罪分子只是些小鱼, 他们的头子却跑掉了.

Santorini was also a Minoan land, and ruins can be found throughout the island.

圣多里尼也是克里特的国土, 整个岛屿都可以找到遗迹.

The new style of Minoan pottery was sharply defined.

克里特岛陶器的新风格非常鲜明.