汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 得不偿失 hsk 6
得不偿失 (得不償失)
the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
偿 Upset / The benefits of the resulting benefits have not been losses
偿抵得上。所得的利益抵偿不了所受的损失。
dé/děi/de bù/bú () cháng shī
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

但是却得不偿失

But they are Pyrrhic.

在安全措施方面节省开支可能会得不偿失

Scrimping on safety measures can be a false economy.

对于巴西尔登地方议会来说,这个胜利得不偿失

This is a Pyrrhic victory for Basildon council.

敞开你的门,任那要走的走吧,因为阻拦反倒得不偿失

Open thy to that which must go, for the loss becomes unseemly when obstructed.

涉毒违法的法律惩处很严,比如会连带失去助学贷款等,得不偿失

Penalties for drug-related offenses are harsh and can include loss of benefits like student loans.

这就是为什么仓储式大商场如此受欢迎的原因,可是为了节省生活开支而支付会员费有的得不偿失了。

That's often why warehouse clubs are so popular, but there's no need to pay up for a membership to cut your grocery bill.

不要以为我会扰乱上天的惩治方法,或者,把他揭露出来,诉请人间的法律去制裁,那样我会得不偿失

Think not that I shall interfere with Heaven's own method of retribution, or, to my own loss, betray him to the gripe of human law.

理学“道统”地位的确立,盛名之下其实难副,以牺牲理学的文化精髓为代价来换取理学的崇隆,未免得不偿失

The status of "Confucian orthodoxy" which Neo-Confucianism established was nominal. New-Confucianism was a bad bargain to get the support and high praise at the cost of its cultural essence.

再举个例子来说,对陌生人的侮辱与挑衅,比如在高速公路上的粗鲁行为或者网上的猥琐评论,最好是视而不见,不然会得不偿失

As another example, it would be smart to treat the insults and provocations of strangers—rude behavior on the highway, nasty remarkson the internet—as irrelevant.

最后,希拉里从实际的角度考虑——她的性格就是务实,如果保留娘家姓会让一些在这方面很计较的人不高兴,那实在是得不偿失,她决定从夫姓。

In the end, Hillary decided, with her typical practicality, that keeping her maiden name wasn't worth offending the people who cared about it.