a day late and a dollar short

英汉例句

双语例句

• The government's attempts at reform were a day late and a dollar short.
  政府在改革上的努力没啥大用了。
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• The findings, in the eyes of many analysts, are a day late and a dollar short.
  这项”发现",在很多分析师的眼中是既耗时又耗力。
• As my mother used to say, Dash was a day late and a dollar short: Starr hadn’t cared about the lawfulness of his behavior for a long time.
  正如我母亲经常讲的，达什这么做是“马后炮”：斯塔尔早就对自己行为的合法性不在乎了。

权威例句

• The ban, as you might imagine, is not only a dollar short and a day late, but also bad policy.
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