大材小用

[dà cái xiǎo yòng]
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大材小用的英文翻译

基本释义

参考释义

大材小用 [dà cái xiǎo yòng]
  • - put fine timber to petty use; a large material for petty use; cut blocks with razor; employ a steam engine to crack a nut; great genius in little employment; great talent employed in a small capacity;men of great talents employed in a small sphere; not equal to one's abilities; shoot sparrows with artillery; talented people for trivial tasks; waste one's talent on a petty job

大材小用的用法和样例:

例句

  1. 在30英寸印刷机上印刷名片简直是大材小用,得不偿失。
    Printing business cards on a thirty-inch press is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
  2. 他拒不做那工作,说那是大材小用。
    He refused the job, saying it would be (a) prostitution of his talents.

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