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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. | ||