jerry-built 偷工减料
时间:2021-12-22 01:23:23
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“偷工减料”,汉语成语,意思是“暗中掺假或削减工序和用料(cheat on labour and materials)”,也比喻做事敷衍了事,贪图省力。与英文习语“jerry-built”意思相近,表示“badly or
hastily1 built with materials of poor quality”。
例句:
偷工减料建成的房子
jerry-built houses
如果我们开始在质量上偷工减料,我们的客户会大量流失。
If we start cutting corners on quality, our customers will leave in droves.
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hastily
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ad.过于匆忙地,急急忙忙地 |
参考例句: |
- I query very much whether it is wise to act so hastily. 我真怀疑如此操之过急地行动是否明智。
- Nothing must be done hastily but killing of fleas. 除非要捉跳蚤,做事不可匆忙。
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