南轅北轍的英文:
[Literal Meaning]
south/shafts of a cart or carriage/north/trail
to try to go south by driving the chariot north

[解釋]
轅:車轅;轍:車印。比喻行動(dòng)和目的正好相反。

[Explanation]
to act in a way that defeats one's purpose

[例子]
你本來(lái)不是打算存一筆錢(qián)買房子嗎?你花這么多錢(qián)在攝影上不是南轅北轍嗎?

[Example]
You meant to save some money to buy an apartment, right? Isn't it acting in a way that defeats your purpose for you to have spent so much money on photography?

[英文等價(jià)詞]
poles apart

參考例句:
  • Be diametrically opposite
    南轅北轍
  • heading in the wrong direction;Go south by driving the chariot north;diametrically opposite
    南轅北轍
  • Sufficient coordination between banking and marketing executives should be enough to eliminate divergence of results
    業(yè)務(wù)經(jīng)理和市場(chǎng)營(yíng)銷經(jīng)理必須進(jìn)行充分合作借以消除結(jié)果上的南轅北轍。

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