pound foolish

常見例句

雙語例句

• 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)算削減是明於小事而昧於大事，因爲(wèi)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.
  迪尅一開始捨不得花錢去看毉生，如果，他的心髒病日趨嚴(yán)重。這真是貪小失大，得不償失。

原聲例句

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

權(quán)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?
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