英文词汇“未雨绸缪”的读音、释义、例句、中文翻译及雅思托福GRE难词速记-英汉词典-新知网

单词

未雨绸缪

释义

未雨绸缪wèi yǔ chóu móu

cast (/lay) an anchor to windward; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain; have foresight and make provision for sth; provide against (/for) a rainy day; repair the house before it rains; take precautions against possible difficulties (/handicaps); take preventive measures
❍ 迨天之未阴雨，彻彼桑土，绸缪牖户(《诗经·豳风·鸱鸮》) Before the sky was dark with rain,|I gathered the roots of the mulberry tree,|And bound round and round my window and door.

未雨绸缪wei yu chou mou

repair the house before it rains

未雨绸缪

repair the house before it rains;save(or provide)for a rainy day;take preventive measures;take precautions
“～” 比 “亡羊补牢” 好。Taking preventive measures is better than resorting to remedies.or:Preventive measures are better than remedies.

未雨绸缪wèi yǔ chóu móu

绸缪：用绳索缠捆。趁着天还没有下雨，就要把门窗关好。比喻事先就作好准备工作。take precautions, have foresight, make provision for sth., put away(provide) for a rainy day, have forethought

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