查询词典 wise

The current study is just one in a long line suggesting that penny-wise hospital staffing practices may translate into pound-foolish increases in the human and financial costs of care related to poorer outcomes, including higher mortality rates.

许多研究表明那些为了蝇头小利而减少人员配备的做法是得不偿失的，因为一旦病人病情恶化，包括有更高的死亡率，那么护理病人所要付出的人力和金钱支出将会更多。

For example, objective data from a series of similar cases handled by different firms may show that although one firm spent slightly less than the average across all cases on fees and expenses, the resulting amount paid out in settlement was well above the average, leading to the conclusion that the firm was penny-wise but pound-foolish.

例如，来自于相似案件的一组数据，被不同的律师事务所所处理，尽管一个律师事务所在费用上花销少于平均值，在结算时结果却高于平均值，那就会得出结论"小账精明大帐糊涂"

The decision — which NASA officials say is not yet final — has angered scientists, who call it penny-wise and pound-foolish, and say that it is being made without the usual formal review by the science community.

NASA官员称这一决策尚未最终确定。此消息已经惹怒了有关科学家，他们称此决定目光短浅，而且没有经过科学共同体例行的正式评议。

But things are about to get much worse, as the economic crisis — its effects exacerbated by the penny-wise, pound-foolish behavior that passes for "fiscal responsibility" in Washington — deals a severe blow to education across the board .

但是情况很快将变得更糟，随着经济危机的效果被华盛顿那些形为"财政责任"，实则小事精明、大事糊涂的行为大大加剧，危机将对整个教育行业造成严重打击。

This is possible, but can not be penny wise and pound foolish.

这是可能的，但不能因小失大。

Hussein was a short but powerfully built man with a winning smile, a dignified manner, and wise eyes.

侯赛因个子不高，但身体健壮，总是带着有魅力的微笑，举止高雅，双眼流露出机智。

Yet at least we can admire the wise Prearrangement which has ordained that, as they have no hopes, so they shall have no memory to recall, and no forethought to anticipate, the miseries and humiliations which are at once a necessity of their existence and the basis of the constitution of Flatland.

但至少我们可以欣赏明智的各项前置已注定的，因为他们没有希望，所以他们不得有内存回收，没有深谋远虑预测，苦难和屈辱的一次是在其存在和必要性基础的平地宪法。

It would be a wise precaution to lock all the doors.

把所有的门都锁上是个明智的预防措施。

It would be wise to record all the CMOS settings as a precaution.

这是明智的CMOS设置的所有记录作预防。

A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream.

一个聪明的女士在爬山时在山涧里发现一颗非常珍稀的石头。

Neither the killing of Mr Zarqawi nor any breakthrough on the political front will stop the insurgency and the fratricidal murders in their tracks.

在对危险的南部地区访问时，他斥责什叶派民兵领导人对中央集权的挑衅行为。

In fact,I've got him on the satellite mobile right now.

实际上 我们已接通卫星可视电话了