pound foolish
英漢例句
- Some might say he is penny wise and pound foolish.
有些人可能會說他是因小失大。 - Education budget cuts are penny wise and pound foolish ——public education is an investment in our future.
教育預(yù)算削減是明于小事而昧于大事，因為學(xué)校教育是我們將來的一項投資。 - Dick's heart trouble became worse because he wouldn't spend money to see a doctor at the beginning; he was indeed penny wise and pound foolish.
迪克一開始舍不得花錢去看醫(yī)生，如果，他的心臟病日趨嚴(yán)重。這真是貪小失大，得不償失。 - Some might say he is penny wise and pound foolish.
- The current focus on reducing the role of the market maker is penny wise and pound foolish, and could prove costly in the future.
ECONOMIST: Letters - The climate of uncertainty caused by deadlock in Washington is leading to penny-wise, pound foolish behavior at all levels of government, and Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC) felt the pain severely in the third quarter.
FORBES: Ameresco Revenues Fall Off Fiscal Cliff - Nonetheless, in a penny-wise, pound-foolish manner, we have been prematurely reverting facilities and resources years before the treaty requires.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Panama slipping into China's ready grasp?
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詞組短語
- Penny -wise and pound-foolish 聰明反被聰明誤
- penny wise and pound -foolish 撿了芝麻
- be penny -wise and pound-foolish 精明而不高明
- Penny wise pound foolish 貪小便宜吃大虧;丟了西瓜;小事聰明
- penny wise and pound foolish 撿了芝麻;因小失大;小事聰明大事糊涂;小處精明