a small fortune

基本解釋

The scene was one of a series for a book of north country views: the images and printing costs were so high that the project lost the publishers a small fortune.
畫中的景象是一本有關(guān)英格蘭北部鄉(xiāng)村風(fēng)光的書中一系列場景之一：圖片與印刷所用的費(fèi)用如此高昂以至于這項(xiàng)計(jì)劃花費(fèi)了出版商一筆巨款。
He was there, making a small fortune out of selling on chocolate bars to other inmates, when he and Tina were inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.
他在那里通過賣巧克力塊而其它獄友而賺了一些小錢，也是在那個(gè)時(shí)候在1991年特納與蒂娜初次接觸到搖滾殿堂。
The problem is that with Apple as the gatekeeper, a developer can spend months and a small fortune building an app, only to have Apple deny access to their platform at the last second.
問題在于作為守衛(wèi)者的蘋果，開發(fā)者花費(fèi)時(shí)間和金錢開發(fā)了一個(gè)應(yīng)用，結(jié)果在最后一刻，蘋果拒絕這一應(yīng)用進(jìn)入他們的平臺。

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