英语词汇penny-wise and/but pound-foolish怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

penny-wise and/but pound-foolish

: careful about small amounts of money but not about large amounts小钱精明，大钱糊涂；小事聪明，大事糊涂；贪小失大 — used especially to describe something that is done to save a small amount of money now but that will cost a large amount of money in the future尤用于描述当前节省了小钱却导致将来损失大钱

The administration's plans to cut funding are penny-wise and pound-foolish.政府削减基金的计划是贪小失大。

单词	penny-wise and/but pound-foolish
释义	penny-wise and/but pound-foolish : careful about small amounts of money but not about large amounts小钱精明，大钱糊涂；小事聪明，大事糊涂；贪小失大 — used especially to describe something that is done to save a small amount of money now but that will cost a large amount of money in the future尤用于描述当前节省了小钱却导致将来损失大钱 The administration's plans to cut funding are penny-wise and pound-foolish.政府削减基金的计划是贪小失大。 ⇒ Main Entry: penny-wise
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