汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 馬失前蹄
馬失前蹄 (马失前蹄)
lit. the horse loses its front hooves / fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness
比喻偶然发生差错而受挫。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

每个服务团队都会有马失前蹄的时候。

Every service team stumps their toe from time to time.

伊万·尼克必须小心谨慎,避免连军事战略家也常犯的经典错误:好高骛远,马失前蹄

Ewanick must take care to avoid the classic mistake of many military strategists, fighting the last war instead of the current one.

正如诺基亚的成功变成欧洲繁荣的证据,它的衰退也告诉人们为何很多欧洲企业,包括许多跨国企业总是马失前蹄

Just as Nokia's rise held lessons about how Europe could succeed, its downfall tells us much about why European enterprises—and large companies worldwide—so often stumble.