无米之炊 meaning in English
cook a meal without rice -- lacking the necessary materials one cannot accomplish one's intentions; make bricks without straw; without considering the supply of materials and fuel
Examples
- The cleverest housewife cannot cook a meal without rice
巧妈难为无米之炊。 - Writing a report without the current data is making bricks without straw
没有数据来写这个报告，简直就是做无米之炊。 - Otherwise , it would not only lead to many information islands isolated from each other , which lowers the enterprise ' s efficiency , but also make knowledge management impossible
否则，不但会在企业内部和外部形成一个个信息“孤岛” ，从而降低企业的效率，而且可能会使知识管理成为无米之炊。 - At present , the social security fund access and maintain system in china is facing the following severe challenges : 1 ) the society is going to be a aged society , 2 ) the state basic insurance for old people is not well developed , 3 ) the historical burden is very heavy . therefore , we must make the full use of the social security fund and actively push forward the innovation and development of the social security fund management
第四章根据我国的现实情况,提出我国统筹社会保障建设的目标,分析了我国统筹城乡社会保障事业发展面临的新问题和现实障碍:一是法制建设严重滞后,二社会保障基金储备严重不足,使得统筹城乡社会保障成为无米之炊,三是我国的社会保障管理混乱、服务滞后,严重影响了统筹的实施。