汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 另起爐灶
另起爐灶 (另起炉灶)
lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch / back to square one / to start of on a new path
Another heavy stove / Metaphor to give up the original and start from scratch
比喻重新做起。 比喻另立门户;另搞一套。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

这种管治是在既有政制中运作,抑或另起炉灶

Does such an administration operate within the political system, or supplant it?

中国反对这种在裁谈会之外“另起炉灶”的做法。

China opposes the approach to set up "new kitchens" outside of the CD.

过渡不明晰,演讲者就会在不经意之间使听众摸不着头脑,就好像演讲者另起炉灶进行演讲一样。

Without clear transitions, a speaker can inadvertently leave the audience scratching their heads as the speaker takes off in a new direction in the presentation.

他个性要强,何况强扭的瓜不甜。既然过不到一起,他就决定独自带着9岁的儿子另起炉灶

He was a strong-minded man and knew that Love cannot be forced, so as he was not on good terms with his wife and had to live separately together with his 9-year-old son.

动辄威胁抛弃裁谈会另起炉灶的做法,将严重损害裁谈会威信,是不可取的。

Threatening to abandon the CD and start anew will seriously undermine the authority of the CD. Such threats are unacceptable.

库什内一直敦促法国缓和与卢旺达的关系。但是却是萨科奇的参谋长Claudegueant,去年前往基加利另起炉灶

Mr Kouchner long urged a warming of French ties with Rwanda, but it was Claude gueant, Mr Sarkozy's chief of staff, who went to Kigali last year to make a fresh start.