A: He is penny wise and pound-foolish.

他這個(gè)人小處精明，大處糊涂。

B: Why do you say so?

怎么這樣說(shuō)他。

A: The trash of the world he sets high price upon, but the heavenly things he shamefully undervalues.

對(duì)廢物估價(jià)太高，對(duì)珍品卻呲之以鼻。

B: Maybe all of us are the same.

或許我們都大同小異。

地道表達(dá)：

penny wise and pound-foolish

解詞釋義：

此語(yǔ)的意思是指小處精明，大處浪費(fèi)，明于小事而昧于大事。其英文解釋為：unwise because doing something small now would prevent much more trouble later。

支持范例：

Education budget cuts are penny wise and pound foolish ——public education is an investment in our future.

教育預(yù)算削減是明于小事而昧于大事，因?yàn)閷W(xué)校教育是我們將來(lái)的一項(xiàng)投資。

Asking the workers not to make private phone calls from the office is not likely to reduce the firm’s losses, it is just being penny wise and pound-foolish.

要工作人員不在辦公室打私人電話不大可能減少企業(yè)的虧損，那只是打小段盤而忽略大處。

詞海拾貝：

set high price (upon)：在......設(shè)置高價(jià)格

范例：You remember the child who set a high price on this picture?

你還記得那個(gè)買這幅畫(huà)要了高價(jià)的孩子嗎？

He set a high price on his services.

他把服務(wù)費(fèi)用定得很高。

She has set a high price on the fashion dress so that nobody want to buy it.

她把這款時(shí)尚的裙子的價(jià)位定得太高了，因此沒(méi)有人想去買。

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