汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 釜底抽薪
釜底抽薪
to take drastic measures to deal with a situation / to pull the carpet from under sb
釜 Ancient a pot / 薪 firewood / Pump the firewood from the bottom of the pot / The metaphor has fundamentally solved the problem
抽去锅底下的柴火。比喻从根本上解决。
dǐ/de chōu xīn
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

这些“影子库存”的释放或许会在经济复苏加速之前釜底抽薪

The release of this “shadow inventory” could smother the recovery before it gathers speed.

迈克尔•欧文在击败利物浦后釜底抽薪,声称利物浦就是两个人的球队。

MICHAEL OWEN has stuck the boot into Liverpool and labelled his former club a two-man team.

“钓鱼执法”对和谐社会建设和诚信政府建设都有釜底抽薪似地破坏。

Enforcing the traffic law with a pre-set trap results in drastic destruction to building a harmonious society and government's credibility.

这是一个釜底抽薪的方法,类似于为了挽救病人生命而截除坏疽的肢体。

I felt this was a drastic measure, akin to amputating a gangrenous limb to save a patient's life.

但是,从另一个方面来说,着眼于短期的严苛财政整顿可能会弄巧成拙——如果其目的是从仍然脆弱的经济复苏中釜底抽薪的话。

But, on the other hand, a sharp fiscal consolidation focused on the very near term could be self-defeating if it were to undercut the still-fragile recovery.