英文词汇“治丝益棼”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

治丝益棼

释义

治丝益棼zhì sī yì fèn

try to sort silk threads only to tangle them further —do sth which only makes matters worse; make confusion worse confounded;try to help but only hinder
❍ 以乱，犹治丝而棼之也。(《左传·隐四年》) To use violence with that view is like trying to put silk in order and only ravelling it.
❍ 阿合马倒了之后，这一笔糊涂帐皇上责成我来清理，不好好地用心就会～。(田汉《关汉卿》) His Majesty ordered me to clear up this mess caused by Ahema’s death . I must give my whole mind to it,lest the result be confusion worse confounded.

治丝益棼zhi si yi fen

make matters worse

治丝益棼zhì sī yì fén

治：整理；益：更加，越发；棼：纷乱。整理蚕丝不找头绪，结果越搞越乱。比喻解决问题的方法不对头，问题反而更加复杂。do sth. which only makes matters worse, make confusion worse confounded, make matter worse

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