大材小用

[dà cái xiǎo yòng]

大材小用的英文翻译

基本释义

• give an able person a small job

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.

短语

• 屈才

大材小用的相关资料：

近反义词

【近义词】

• 大器小用
• 牛鼎烹鸡
• 怀才不遇
• 明珠弹雀

【反义词】

• 人尽其材
• 物尽其用
• 人尽其才
• 绠短汲深
• 量才录用
• 小材大用
• 知人善用