| 单词 | 大材小用 |
| 释义 | 大材小用1. give an able person an inferior job大材小用 dàcáixiǎoyòngmake little use of great talent让博士当秘书是大材小用。 It makes little use of great talent to use someone with a PhD as secretary.大材小用dàcáixiǎoyòngusing a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom)a sledgehammer to crack a nut大材小用to waste a talented person in a minor role; fine timber used as if it were small planks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a.underemployed(人)未按专长受雇的，大材小用的大材小用1. one's talent wasted on a petty job2. to misuse of good materials for minor purposes大材小用large material put to small use—one's talent wasted on a petty job; not do justice to sb.'s talents |
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