英文词汇“患得患失”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

患得患失

释义

患得患失huàn dé huàn shī

be mindful of (/preoccupied with) personal gains and losses; be swayed by considerations of loss and gain; want to eat fish but be afraid of getting one’s feet wet; weigh and balance (over and over again);worry about personal gains and losses/……他对于个人总是～，计较个人利益； …… (刘少奇《论共产党员的修养》46) …they are preoccupied with personal gain and loss and always calculate in terms of personal interests，…/他们～，生怕失掉这些东西。(《毛泽东选集》Ⅴ—302)Swayed by considerations of loss and gain,they are most anxious not to lose these possessions.
❍ 其未得之也，患得之；既得之，患失之。(《论语·阳货》)While they have not got their aims,their anxiety is how to get them. When they have got them,their anxiety is lest they should lose them.
❍ 在他处理革命斗争中各种实际问题的时候，就会因为他有旧社会的习惯和成见，有个人主义的打算，而～，顾此失彼，徬徨动摇，…… (刘少奇《论共产党员的修养》20) When they handle practical problems in the course of revolutionary struggle,the habits and prejudices which they have brought with them from the old society and their individualistic calculations lead them to think in terms of personal gain or loss,to be hesitant and vacillating…

患得患失

be swayed by considerations of loss and gain; worry about personal gains and losses

患得患失huàn dè huàn shī

患：忧虑。没有得到的担心得不到，已经得到的担心会失去。形容老是考虑利益得失。worry about personal gains and losses, weigh and balance, be mindful of personal gains and losses, be obsessed with worries about personal gain and loss

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