杀鸡取卵 Shā jī qǔ luǎn
杀鸡取卵 Shā jī qǔ luǎn
从前有个人非常喜欢吃鸡蛋，他养了一只老母鸡，母鸡每天都下蛋，可是让他郁闷的是，这只老母鸡每天只能下一只蛋，根本不够吃。于是他想，鸡蛋是从老母鸡的肚子里出来的，那么如果把老母鸡的肚子打开，不就有吃不完的蛋了吗？想到这里，他美滋滋地笑了，不得不佩服自己的聪明。于是，他赶紧找来剪刀，把老母鸡的肚子剪开了，可是，让他失望的是，老母鸡的肚子里连一只鸡蛋也没有。就这样，他每天再也吃不到好吃的鸡蛋了。
Once upon a time, there was a man who liked to eat eggs. He raised a hen which laid eggs for him every day. However, because the hen only laid one egg each day the man was not satisfied, feeling that one egg was simply not enough to eat. This upset him very much. Consequently he thought to himself that since the eggs layed by the hen after all did come from the hens belly, if he were to open the hens belly wouldn't he have all the eggs he could eat? Overjoyed with his clever new idea, he sat laughing in admiration of himself. Thereupon without delay he found a pair of scissors, and proceeded to cut the hen's belly open. However, much to his disappointment, upon opening the hen's belly, he found not even one single egg. From that day on, the man was left without any eggs to eat.
词语注释：
郁闷：（yùmèn）adj. unhappy; upset; gloomy; depressed
根本：（gēnběn）adv. utterly; completely; entirely; at all
美滋滋：（měi zī zī]）adj. very pleased with oneself
佩服：（pèifú）v. admire have a good opinion of oneself
剪刀：（jiǎndāo）n. scissors
意义：
卵：蛋。"杀鸡取卵"的本意是指为了得到鸡蛋而把鸡杀了，后来人们就用它来比喻只顾眼前的小的好处，牺牲长远的利益。
"卵"means egg. "杀鸡取卵"literally means to kill the hen for the eggs. Later it became used as a figure of speech describing the consequence of being overly concerned with only immediate advantage, but sacrificing long-term benefit.
例句：
1、 我们必须停止这种靠破坏环境来发展经济的做法，这和"杀鸡取卵"没什么分别。
We must stop this practice of developing economy by destroying the environment. It is no different from "killing the goose that lays the golden eggs."
2、 这个地方长期采取" 杀鸡取卵 "的做法，大量砍伐森林，破坏了环境，却不能合理利用当地资源发展经济。
This place adopts the method of "killing the goose that lays the golden eggs" which deforests and ruins the environment, but cannot reasonably take advantage of local resources to develop the economy.
杀鸡取卵 Shā jī qǔ luǎn
从前有个人非常喜欢吃鸡蛋，他养了一只老母鸡，母鸡每天都下蛋，可是让他郁闷的是，这只老母鸡每天只能下一只蛋，根本不够吃。于是他想，鸡蛋是从老母鸡的肚子里出来的，那么如果把老母鸡的肚子打开，不就有吃不完的蛋了吗？想到这里，他美滋滋地笑了，不得不佩服自己的聪明。于是，他赶紧找来剪刀，把老母鸡的肚子剪开了，可是，让他失望的是，老母鸡的肚子里连一只鸡蛋也没有。就这样，他每天再也吃不到好吃的鸡蛋了。
Once upon a time, there was a man who liked to eat eggs. He raised a hen which laid eggs for him every day. However, because the hen only laid one egg each day the man was not satisfied, feeling that one egg was simply not enough to eat. This upset him very much. Consequently he thought to himself that since the eggs layed by the hen after all did come from the hens belly, if he were to open the hens belly wouldn't he have all the eggs he could eat? Overjoyed with his clever new idea, he sat laughing in admiration of himself. Thereupon without delay he found a pair of scissors, and proceeded to cut the hen's belly open. However, much to his disappointment, upon opening the hen's belly, he found not even one single egg. From that day on, the man was left without any eggs to eat.
词语注释：
郁闷：（yùmèn）adj. unhappy; upset; gloomy; depressed
根本：（gēnběn）adv. utterly; completely; entirely; at all
美滋滋：（měi zī zī]）adj. very pleased with oneself
佩服：（pèifú）v. admire have a good opinion of oneself
剪刀：（jiǎndāo）n. scissors
意义：
卵：蛋。"杀鸡取卵"的本意是指为了得到鸡蛋而把鸡杀了，后来人们就用它来比喻只顾眼前的小的好处，牺牲长远的利益。
"卵"means egg. "杀鸡取卵"literally means to kill the hen for the eggs. Later it became used as a figure of speech describing the consequence of being overly concerned with only immediate advantage, but sacrificing long-term benefit.
例句：
1、 我们必须停止这种靠破坏环境来发展经济的做法，这和"杀鸡取卵"没什么分别。
We must stop this practice of developing economy by destroying the environment. It is no different from "killing the goose that lays the golden eggs."
2、 这个地方长期采取" 杀鸡取卵 "的做法，大量砍伐森林，破坏了环境，却不能合理利用当地资源发展经济。
This place adopts the method of "killing the goose that lays the golden eggs" which deforests and ruins the environment, but cannot reasonably take advantage of local resources to develop the economy.
- admiration [,ædmə´reiʃən]
n.赞赏，钦佩 (初中英语单词) - thereupon [,ðeərə´pɔn] ad.因此；于是 (初中英语单词)
- disappointment [,disə´pɔintmənt] n.失望；挫折 (初中英语单词)
- opening [´əupəniŋ] n.开放；开端 a.开始的 (初中英语单词)
- unhappy [ʌn´hæpi] a.不幸的；不快乐的 (初中英语单词)
- consequence [´kɔnsikwəns] n.结果；后果；推断 (初中英语单词)
- advantage [əd´vɑ:ntidʒ] n.优势；利益 (初中英语单词)
- economy [i´kɔnəmi] n.经济；机制；组织 (初中英语单词)
- consequently [´kɔnsikwəntli] ad.因此，所以 (高中英语单词)
- gloomy [´glu:mi] a.昏暗的；忧郁的 (高中英语单词)
- concerned [kən´sə:nd] a.有关的；担心的 (高中英语单词)
- environment [in´vaiərənmənt] n.郊区；周围；条件 (高中英语单词)
- scissors [´sizəz] n.剪刀，剪子 (英语四级单词)
- reasonably [´ri:zənəbli] ad.有理地；合理地 (英语四级单词)
- depressed [di´prest] a.消沉的；萧条的 (英语六级单词)
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