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单词 pound-foolish
释义
pound-foolish
/ pa?nd ?fu?l?? /
  • 简明释义
  • adj.大事情上糊涂的;省小钱吃大亏的
  • 网络释义
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    ?省小钱吃大亏的

    ... pound 磅 pound-foolish 省小钱吃大亏的 poundage 手续费 ...

短语
  • 双语例句
  • 1
    People of Shanghai are pennywise but pound-foolish.
    上海人精明而不聪明。
  • 2
    Let's not be penny-wise and pound-foolish in the new expansion of our production plant.
    在我们制造车间新近的扩建工程中,我们可不能过份吝啬,因小失大。
  • 3
    You're nothing more than penny wise and pound-foolish if you pass up an amazing new career opportunity to keep an extra little bit of income.
    如果你为了保持额外多那么一点点的收入而错过了一个极好的工作机会,那么你就跟那些“捡了芝麻,丢了西瓜”的人没有多大区别。
  • 词源
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pound-foolish:

From penny-wise and pound-foolish ?(“thrifty in the small and wasteful in the large”).

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