汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 未雨绸缪
未雨绸缪 (未雨綢繆)
lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead / to prepare for a rainy day
绸缪 Tightly bound / It hasn't rained yet, so fasten the doors and windows first / Metaphor to prepare beforehand
在下雨前把窝棚绑牢。谓事先做好预防、准备未雨绸缪,不可大意。
wèi () chóu () móu/miào
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

未雨绸缪不会嫌早。

It's never too early to get ready for the inevitable.

这样看来,他们未雨绸缪也是情有可原的。

So it makes some sense for them to flee before it is too late.

他的国家正在为遏止癌症未雨绸缪

His country is trying to stop cancer before it starts.

但维拉罗萨心怀谨慎,未雨绸缪

But Villarosa is careful here as well and has rainy days in mind.

我们几乎用不着向你保证我们正在未雨绸缪

We need scarcely to assure you that we are making hay while the sun shines.

跨国银行则正在为更加困难的将来未雨绸缪

Banks that operate across borders are already preparing for a more difficult future.

不要到下雨时再做雨衣。(宜未雨绸缪,毋临渴掘井。)

Do not have your cloak to make when it begins to rain.

她说,或许人们会决定不必去验光了,我们这是在未雨绸缪

'Maybe people will decide they don't need to get their eyes checked,' she says. 'We're being preventive.'

当你因故要退出的时候,别把自己打败了。事先好好规划,未雨绸缪

Don't beat yourself up if you puss out, expect it and plan ahead to account for it.

他们一般在二月份就预测好六月会有哪种毒株传播,以便医药公司未雨绸缪,准备好特效疫苗。

In February, they predict which strains of virus will circulate in the fall, and drug companies prepare vaccines to produce immunity to those specific strains.