汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 雪上加霜 hsk 6
xuě shàng jiā shuāng
雪上加霜
to add hail to snow (idiom); one disaster on top of another / to make things worse in a bad situation
It is an analogy of successive disasters, and the damage is getting worse
祸不单行 多灾多难
雪中送炭 如虎添翼 锦上添花
比喻连续遭受灾难，越来越困苦祖母病故，父亲又生了场大病，过的真是雪上加霜的日子。
雪 xuě 上 shàng 加 jiā 霜 shuāng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

传统让事情雪上加霜。

Tradition makes things worse.

经济给这个行业雪上加霜。

The economy just compounds the industry risk.

而官方隐瞒此事更是雪上加霜。

It is made worse by official secrecy.

援助机构认为这将会对海地雪上加霜。

Aid donors think that would add to Haiti's many problems.

何况她现在还在纠结离婚，更是雪上加霜。

To make matters worse, she is in the middle of a divorce.

但生产率增长防缓则可能雪上加霜。

But slower productivity growth could make matters worse.

高额燃料成本无疑令印度航空公司雪上加霜。

High fuel costs certainly exacerbate Indian airlines' woes.

而大量伐木，无论合法与否，都进一步雪上加霜。

Logging, both legal and illegal, made the problem worse.

同一天举行的英格兰地方选举使两党关系雪上加霜。

The same day’s English local elections soured relations further.

正是这种求医心理，让患者的病情雪上加霜。

It is this psychological doctor, let the patient one disaster after another.

  • Translation
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