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看故事學(xué)英語：南轅北轍

來源：新東方發(fā)布時(shí)間：2013-06-16

　　【成語來源】
　　run in opposite directions
　　南轅北轍
　　Once a man went to the south, but his carriage was heading north.
　　一次一個(gè)人想往南走，但是他的馬車卻是朝北走的。
　　A passer-by asked him: "If you are going to the south, why is your carriage heading north?"
　　一個(gè)過路人問他：“如果你想往南走，為什么你的馬車卻朝北走呢？”
　　The man said, "My horse is good at running, my driver is highly skilled at driving a carriage, and I am rich."
　　這個(gè)人說：“我的馬很能跑，我的車夫善于趕車，我又很富有，所以不在乎。”
　　The man didn't care the direction might be wrong; the better his conditions were, the further he was far away from his destination.
　　這個(gè)人根本沒有考慮到行進(jìn)的方向也許錯(cuò)了；他的條件越好，反而會離目的地越遠(yuǎn)。
　　This idiom came from this story tells that one's action was the opposite effect to one's intention.
　　這個(gè)成語比喻行動(dòng)和目的正好相反。
　　【文化鏈接】
　　英文中若要表達(dá)“南轅北轍”的意思，可以用短語“run in opposite directions”，也就是“朝著相反的方向跑”，翻譯美化一下就是“南轅北轍”或者“背道而馳”的意思了。
　　我們來一起看一個(gè)例句：
　　They wouldn't win at the end because they ran in opposite directions.
　　因?yàn)樗麄冊缫涯限@北轍了,所以根本不可能贏。