头痛医头,脚痛医脚
书籍:汉英成语词典
更新时间:2018-12-03 20:56:27
出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第49页(486字)
①比喻不从根本解决问题,治标不治本,例把犯罪的少年关起来只是头痛医头,脚痛医脚,无法根本解决青少年犯罪的严重问题。
To imprison young people who commit crimes is but a palliative measure.It does not explain or solve why the young take to crime.
②缺乏通盘计划,只是就事论事,忙于应付,例解决都市的环境保护问题,要有通盘计划,逐步实行,不能头痛医头,脚痛医脚。
Stopgap measures do not solve the environmental problems of a city.An overall programme must be drawn up which can be implemented step by step.