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为山九仞，功亏一篑。 The lack of one basketful of earth spoils the entire effort to build a nine-ren mountain. | ||
这场比赛本该是他赢的—真是功亏一篑。 He should have won the match—it was a near miss. | ||
两天的磋商功亏一篑。美国和77国集团成员国都没有作出重大让步。 Neither the US nor the G77 group of countries have made any major concessions. | ||
为什么你不继续编纂你的词典呢？功亏一篑，你不觉得可惜吗？ Why do you discontinue compiling your dictionary? Don't you think it a pity to give it up when it is nearly completed? | ||
2008年有卡塔尔出面调解停火，最终却因萨利赫拒绝听从沙特建议而功亏一篑。 But an earlier ceasefire, mediated by Qatar in 2008, failed when Saleh refused to implement it on the advice of the Saudis. | ||
眼看离成功只有一步之遥，最后还是功亏一篑，本周的打击让华盛顿人倍感苦涩和失望。 After they had at last come so close, this week's defeat was a bitter disappointment to Washingtonians. | ||
遇到人生旅途的危机，一定要学会激励自己拿出气魄，百折不挠，九十九折而却步，便会功亏一篑。 Meet the crisis of life travel, must master to encourage oneself to take out boldness of vision, arduous, 99 fold but step back, will fail by a small margin then. | ||
在贪图方便，过于懒惰的生活态度，错误的财政刺激措施以及纯粹的背运共同阻碍之下，人类所有抗击抗药性的努力都功亏一篑。 Convenience, laziness, perverse financial incentives and sheer bad luck have conspired to nullify almost every attempt to stop the emergence of resistance. | ||