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pound foolish

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英汉例句

    双语例句

  • Some might say he is penny wise and pound foolish.
    有些人可能会说他是因小失大。
  • Education budget cuts are penny wise and pound foolish ——public education is an investment in our future.
    教育预算削减是明于小事而昧于大事，因为学校教育是我们将来的一项投资。
  • 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.
    迪克一开始舍不得花钱去看医生，如果，他的心脏病日趋严重。这真是贪小失大，得不偿失。

    • 原声例句

  • Some might say he is penny wise and pound foolish.

    • 权威例句

  • 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?

词组短语

    短语

  • Penny -wise and pound-foolish 聪明反被聪明误
  • penny wise and pound -foolish 捡了芝麻
  • be penny -wise and pound-foolish 精明而不高明
  • Penny wise pound foolish 贪小便宜吃大亏;丢了西瓜;小事聪明
  • penny wise and pound foolish 捡了芝麻;因小失大;小事聪明大事糊涂;小处精明