1.
He refused the job, saying it would be (a) prostitution of his talents.
他拒不做那工作, 说那是大材小用.
2.
He that thinks his Business Below him will always Be aBove his Business.
自命大材小用，往往眼高手低。
3.
He rated himself above the job when he just arrived here.
刚到这儿时他认为他是大材小用了。
4.
Printing visiting cards on a thirty-inch press is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
在30英寸印刷机上印名片简直是大材小用。
5.
Employing an experienced chef to make sandwiches is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
雇用一个非常有经验的厨师去做三明治，这简直是个大材小用。
6.
Printing business cards on a thirty-inch press is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
在30英寸印刷机上印刷名片简直是大材小用，得不偿失。
7.
migrants are likely to be poor and underemployed; able people are kept underemployed.
移民很可能穷困而且就业不足；有能力的人都被大材小用。
8.
Admiring the smoke ring he had blown, Chao Hsin-mei said, "A great talent gone to waste.Such a pity!Such a pity!
赵辛楣鉴赏着口里吐出来的烟圈道：“大材小用，可惜可惜！
9.
"I'm afraid it's asking a great deal from a gentleman who knows Latin and Greek."
恐怕让一位懂得拉丁文和希腊文的绅士做这种事有点大材小用了。
10.
small genus of east Asian and Australian timber trees.
东亚和澳大利亚的一个材用树木小属。
11.
small genus of timber trees of eastern Asia, Australasia and tropical Africa that form large buttresses.
产于东亚澳大利亚和热带非洲的一个材用树木小属，构成巨大扶壁。
12.
There are two main kinds of timber trees-softwoods and hardwoods.
用材树种有两大类--软木材与硬木材。
13.
.small piece of material,etc snipped off alarger piece
从大块材料上剪下的小块材料
14.
(used especially of persons) of inferior size.
（经常用于人）身材矮小的。
15.
Boil the water. Put in all ingredients. Boil over high heat for 20 minutes. Then turn to low heat and cook for 1 1/2 hours. Season with salt. Serve.
煮沸清水，放入全部材料，用大火煮二十分钟，再用小火熬煮一个半小时，下盐调味，即可饮用。
16.
a small sheet of microfilm on which many pages of material have been photographed; a magnification system is used to read the material.
许多材料已被拍摄上的小张缩影胶片；可用放大设备读
17.
tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish.
高大、成长快的成材乔木，树叶包含一种药用油；幼小的叶片呈蓝色。
18.
all sizes available with special pump-end materials of construction to meet the specific application requirements
可根据特殊的应用要求提供配置特制泵结构材料的各种大小的泵。