英文词汇“得不偿失”的读音、释义、例句、中文翻译及雅思托福GRE难词速记-英汉词典

单词

得不偿失

释义

得不偿失dé bù cháng shī

gains cannot offset (/make up for) losses; (get) more kicks than half pence; give a lark to catch a kite; it’s no catch; lose more than gain ; more loss,less gain; not be worthwhile; the game is not worth the candle; the loss is out of all proportion to the gain; the loss outweighs the gain
❍ 那时候，你就杀尽了他们，也是～！(茅盾《子夜》432) You couldn’t recover your losses then,even if you killed the lot of them!/不要因为一只表而打碎自己的饭碗，这就～。(周而复《上海的早晨》Ⅰ—120) …and he did not want to risk losing his job and his livelihood just for the sake of a watch,for the loss would be out of all proportion to the gain.

得不偿失

loss outweighs gain;one loses more than one gains; the game is not worth the candle

得不偿失dé bù chánɡ shī

偿：补偿、补还。所得的还抵补不了所失的。not worth the candle, the loss outweighs the gain, liability, give a lark to catch a kite, pay too dear for one’s whistle, gain not equal to loss

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