汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 顾此失彼
顾此失彼 (顧此失彼)
lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom) / fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once / cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other
I took care of this and lost that / Describe a situation of rush or panic
顾了这个,顾不了那个。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

但这两种选择难免会出现顾此失彼的权利失衡。

However, the two options will likely be in imbalance condition.

很多既有孩子也有工作的妇女面临顾此失彼的困境。

Many women with children and jobs face the conundrum of neglecting one or the other.

优秀的程序员动脑筋以防顾此失彼,而优秀的指南让我们不必面面俱到。

Good programmers use their brains, but good guidelines save us having to think out every case.

这些问题是全球性的,而且环环相扣,任何的顾此失彼做法都会使整体造成灾难。

The issues are global, and so interlocked that to consider the problems of one sector, oblivious to those of another is but to cause disaster for the whole.

对需要控制低频噪声的高速气流场合应用消声器,消声量和系统的阻力损失经常成为顾此失彼的二难选择。

To enhance noise reduction and to improve flow resistance always attend to one thing and lose another in the case of designing silencer for low frequencies noise with high velocity flows.