杀鸡取卵,用英语怎么表达
杀鸡取卵比喻贪图眼前利益而不顾长远利益。人无远虑必有近忧,对于任何的规划或策略,我们都应该高瞻远瞩,不能因小失大,因为计划赶不上变化,只有深谋远虑和运筹帷幄,才能从容不迫和建功立业。
杀鸡取卵的人往往在乎眼前的蝇头小利或微不足道的利益。在英语中,表示小的或微不足道的形容词有 little,petty,tiny,minor,small,trifling 和 slight 等,例如:
1. little:
I had little money and little free time.
我没什么钱,也没多少空闲时间。
2. petty:
I don’t have time for petty matters like that.
我没有时间处理那样的小事。
t3. iny:
The living room is tiny.
起居室非常小。
4. minor:
There may be some minor changes to the schedule.
时间安排也许会有些小小的变动。
5. small:
I made only a few small changes to the report.
我对报告只做了几处小改动。
6.trifling [ˈtraɪflɪŋ]:
You shouldn't regard such important work as a trifling matter.
你可不能把这样重要的工作当儿戏。
7. slight:
This is a very slight novel.
这是一部颇不足道的小说。

在表示数量大小时,通常用 little,petty,tiny 和 small 来表示数量小,那么它们后面接 profit 就可以表示”蝇头小利“,注意 little 修饰的是不可数名词,其中 profit 可以是可数名词,也可以是不可数名词,例如:
We only made a very petty/ tiny/ small profit in doing this business.
做这种生意,我们只能得到蝇头小利。
It is a very special offer and it leaves us little profit.
我们已经给了很大的优惠,利润很小了。
peanut 在英语中是”花生“的意思,但是在非正式场合中,它也可以表示小钱或少得可怜的钱,例如:
The cost was peanuts compared to a new kitchen.
与建新厨房相比,那笔费用微不足道。
He gets paid peanuts for doing that job.
他干那件工作报酬很低。
杀鸡取卵就是一种为了眼前微不足道的眼利益而采取的行为。在英语中有一习语 kill the goose that lays the golden egg(s),它的字面意思是“杀下金蛋的饿”,用来比喻人的自绝财源的行为,例如:
Everyone wants the business here. They want to keep the clients happy. Nobody wants to be the one to kill the golden goose.
每个人都想在这里做生意。他们想让客户满意。没有人想杀鸡取卵。
A lot of people kill the goose that lays the golden egg in their pursuit of other business endeavours they feel are more profitable.
许多人在从事他们认为更有利可图的其他商业活动时,总是杀鸡取卵。
She ain't gonna give up her golden goose.
她才不会放弃她那棵摇钱树呢。
Hollywood would prefer to not be seen as a golden goose.
好莱坞宁愿不被视为摇钱树。
An increase in crime could kill the golden goose of tourism.
犯罪率的上升可能会扼杀旅游业这只产金蛋的鹅。
杀鸡取卵不可取,更不能损人利己,因为精于算计的人,最后往往算来算去算到自己。
词或词组辨析:
1. endeavour [ɪnˈdevə(r)] 努力,尤指新的或艰苦的努力,又如:
请尽全力按时到达。
2. profitable [ˈprɒfɪtəbl] 有利润的,盈利的,有溢出的,又如:
It is usually more profitable to sell direct to the public.
向社会大众直销往往获利较高。
3. akin [əˈkɪn] 类似的,相似的,常用搭配 akin to sth,又如: