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<< review queue entry 68581 - submitted by 'sl89' >> 【Wenlin】 f[ixed].e[expression]. unable even to fend for oneself | 我如今自顾不暇, 帮不了你。 | I can't help you for I'm unable even to fend for myself now. 【Pleco】 IDIOM unable even to fend for oneself (much less look after others); busy with one's own affairs 【LAC】 自己连自己都照顾不过来。形容非常忙碌，没工夫照顾别人。 | ～，无力顾及别人。 【MoE】 自身難保，沒有餘力再幫助他人。 | 明．無名氏《運甓記．第五齣》：「主勢孤危，自顧不暇，縱爾問鼎稱雄，誰敢興師鞠旅。」 | 《精忠岳傳．第六回》：「倘然強盜凶狠，我們自顧不暇，那裡還照應得你等。」 也作「自救不暇」。 【现代汉语大词典】 自己照顾自己都没有工夫。指不可能顾及他人。 最出乎我们意料的是，作为邻国的厄立特里亚在自顾不暇之际，竟然还要在本区域从事另一场鲁莽的冒险行动。 Eritrea is the neighbour we least expected to undertake yet another reckless venture in our region, given that its hands are already full. 十年浩劫，我自顾不暇，无心也无力顾及它们。 During the ten yeas of the disastrous Cultural Revolution I was not in the mood to, nor was I fit enough to bother about my books, as I was not sure where I myself would end up. 孙犁《书籍》 只因为本国太破烂, 内忧外患, 非常之多, 自顾不暇了, 所以只能将台湾这些事情暂且放下。 鲁迅《写在〈劳动问题〉之前》 ----------------------------------------- Editor: Lots of dictionaries use the word "fend" in their definitions. "fend for oneself" means "live independently, without help from others". But 自顧不暇 is about being unable to spare any time, rather than being unable to live independently. 林茂寅認為，在企業自顧不暇時，主管產業的經濟部工業局適時介入，幫助頗大。 Lin says that since every firm was only looking out for itself, it was very helpful that the IDB, which manages industrial policy, stepped in. 一向跟著國際大廠的腳步，而且「忠心不二」、每項產品只為一家大廠代工的台揚，最近也開始認真考慮：跟著大廠走，成長終究有限，而景氣低迷時，大廠更是自顧不暇。 MTI has always been a very loyal subcontracting company, producing each product only for single buyer. But recently the company has begun to seriously consider the limits to growth imposed by this role, especially now in economic hard times when the big companies are looking after themselves. 台灣俗諺：日頭赤炎炎 隨人顧性命 jit8 thau5 chiat iann7 iann7 sui5 lang5 koo3 senn3 mia7 國語：自顧不暇 Taiwanese saying: Under a blazing red sun, everyone looks to his own survival. Meaning: Too busy looking after yourself to think of others. Source: A Practical Mandarin-Taiwanese Phrase Book, 「在先進技術大國自顧不暇的情況下，台灣以往不必承擔風險，只要做好跟隨者就受用無窮的角色，已經不適用了，」 "In these days when the world's technologically advanced countries can't even help themselves, Taiwan can no longer expect to have orders come pouring in by sticking to its old, low-risk approach of manufacturing products that have already proven their viability in the marketplace." 不過，近年來農會本身定位出現問題，部分農會在自顧不暇的情況下，更無力協助農民迎戰大敵。 But in recent years problems have emerged with the position of the farmers' associations themselves. Some associations don't have enough time to handle their own problems, much less aid farmers in their struggle against foreign competition. 兄弟們自顧不暇，70高齡的老母親自己獨居在嘉義，「沒辦法奉養她已經很不孝了， Wu Tsan-cheng's brothers are all busy with their own affairs and his mother, now 70 years old, lives alone in Chiayi. 「參加畫會以前，我認為藝術很遙遠，對我們這些連三餐溫飽都自顧不暇的人來說，根本『玩』不起。」 "Prior to joining the painting society, I thought of art as something remote, something that those of us who can't even provide food and shelter for ourselves could never play at," 留下的老年人只求農地不要荒廢，自顧不暇。 And the remaining old folks were too busy tending their farmland to have any energy to beautify the environment, 加上愛滋病的籠罩，病童連健康都自顧不暇，更遑論教育。 AIDS only makes the situation worse, as children with the disease are so overwhelmed by their health problems that they have little energy left to pursue an education. |
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# 自顧不暇 自顾不暇 [zi4 gu4 bu4 xia2] /to be unable to even fend for oneself/ + 自顧不暇 自顾不暇 [zi4 gu4 bu4 xia2] /(idiom) to have one's hands full managing one's own affairs/too busy to spare time for anything extra/ |