今日短語(yǔ)

表達(dá) “too many cooks spoil the broth 廚子太多燒壞湯” 用來(lái)比喻 “因參與的人過(guò)多而導(dǎo)致不好的結(jié)果”，也就是漢語(yǔ)里常說(shuō)的 “人多誤事”。

這個(gè)習(xí)語(yǔ)被用來(lái)感嘆由于考慮了太多人的觀點(diǎn)和意見，最終任務(wù)沒(méi)有做好。雖然這個(gè)表達(dá)中含有單詞 “肉湯 broth”，但它不僅限于在談?wù)撟鲲埖恼Z(yǔ)境中使用，而同樣適用于談?wù)摴ぷ骱蜕畹膱?chǎng)景中。

例句

There were 15 people in our meeting this morning, all from different departments and each with different opinions. We didn’t manage to complete any of the tasks we had planned. Too many cooks spoil the broth!
今早的會(huì)議有15個(gè)人參加，他們都來(lái)自不同的部門，而且意見迥異。我們沒(méi)有完成任何原本計(jì)劃達(dá)成的目標(biāo)。真是人多反倒誤事！

Every member of the department was involved in the planning stage of the project. When it came to the execution of the plan, nobody had a clear idea of what they were supposed to do. It was a clear case of ‘too many cooks spoil the broth!’
全部門的人都參與了項(xiàng)目規(guī)劃階段。但到了該執(zhí)行計(jì)劃的時(shí)候，卻沒(méi)有一個(gè)人清楚應(yīng)該做什么。這是個(gè)明顯的 “人多誤事” 的例子！

The children wanted to do a good science project together, but they could not agree on anything. Too many cooks spoil the broth!
孩子們本想一起好好做一個(gè)科學(xué)項(xiàng)目，但他們卻無(wú)法在任何事情上達(dá)成一致。人多誤事！