small-timer
noun [ C ] disapproving uk/ˈsmɔːl.taɪ.mər/ us/ˈsmɑːl.taɪ.mɚ/
小人物，小角色
someone who is not very successful or important
The police are arresting the small-timers when they should be going for the ringleaders. 警察正在逮捕那些小混混，而他们本应该去抓大头目的。
They find him foolish, a small-timer trapped in big dreams.
See: small-time
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- He plays a small-timer who owes some impatient gangsters money he doesn't have.
- The big company only took 35% of the price of goods provided by the small-timers.
- They are small-timers and unscrupulous opportunists.