1·The computer cooling system is like a miniature version of a car radiator.
电脑冷却系统就像一个汽车散热器的微型版本。
2·They have a lot of miniature portraits of children as part of their permanent collection.
他们有许多儿童的微型肖像，作为他们永久收藏的一部分。
3·I think you'll learn a lot about how people viewed children at the time the miniature paintings were done.
我认为你会了解到很多关于创作这些微型画时，人们是如何看待孩子们的。
4·Although simple versions of miniature devices have had an impact, advanced versions are still several years away.
虽然微型设备的简单版本已经产生了影响，但是高级版本仍然需要几年的时间才能面世。
5·Photography did indeed make certain kinds of painting obsolete — the daguerreotype virtually did away with the portrait miniature.
摄影确实使某些种类的绘画过时了——银版照相几乎使微型肖像消失了。
1·Through play, children act out in miniature the dramas of adult life.
通过游戏，孩子们演出了成年人生活的缩影。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Ecuador provides a perfect introduction to South America; it's a continent in miniature.
厄瓜多尔是南美的一个绝佳概览；它是整个大陆的缩影。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·Paris is France in miniature.
巴黎是法国的缩影。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
4·The trend in fiction over the past decade has been toward specialization: the closeup, the miniature, the microcosm.
过去十年中，小说内容走向了专门化的发展趋势：特写，缩影，微小世界。
5·To my mind, the doctor mentioned above is just a miniature of our society.
笔者认为，这个医生只是社会的一个缩影。