得不偿失
- 基础释义 纠错
- 释义
The loss outweighs the gain.;Gains cannot make up for losses.;lose more than gain;more kicks than halfpence;be not worth the candle ;
- 近/反义词
- 近义词
- 反义词
- 惜指失掌 stint a finger only to lose the whole hand -- to try to save a little only to lose a lot;save a finger and lose the whole hand ;
- 舍本逐末 attend to trifles to the neglect of essentials;attend to the superficials and neglect the essentials;attend to the trivialities and neglect the fundamentals;barter the runk for the branches ;
- 劳民伤财 be a sheer waste of energy and money; harass the people and waste money; exhaust the people and drain the treasury; spend blood and treasure
- 以珠弹雀 make big investment for small returns;employ pearls to strike birds;get sth. at too dear a cost;give much to get little ;
- 贪小失大 go for the small things and miss things that are worthwhile;covet a little and lose a lot;penny-wise and pound-foolish;seek small gains but incur big losses ;
- 杀鸡取卵 kill the goose that lays the golden eggs ;
- 事倍功半 get half the results with double [twice] the effort;labour hard to little avail;mountain in labour;The mountains have brought forth a mouse. ;
- 因小失大 lose a great deal through trying to save a little;lose the greater for the less;lose the main goal because of small gains;lose the sheep [ship;spoil the ship for a halfpennyworth of tar ;
- 明珠弹雀 （比喻得不偿失） shoot a sparrow with bright pearls --pay too dear for one's whistle;Gains cannot offset losses;lose much to get sth. trivial;not pay to gain sth. of little value at the loss of sth. valuable ;
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I should not recommend this kind of job to anyone; you get more kicks than halfpennies.
我不想把这样的工作介绍给任何人, 这种事是得不偿失的.
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As a result, they have moved to divest themselves of losing acquisitions.
于是他们采取措施来摆脱那些使他们得不偿失的企业.
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It's not worthwhile for you to write a sequel because the original work is good enough.
你这么做是续貂,得不偿失的.
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Then , the efforts we have made to relieve our economic difficulties will be in vain.
我们为纾缓香港经济困境所做的一切,都会得不偿失.
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Eventually, they will become frustrated and their teaching performance may be adversely affected.
不但士气受挫,也可能影响教学表现, 得不偿失.
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Printing business cards on a thirty-inch press is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
在30英寸印刷机上印刷名片简直是大材小用,得不偿失.
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