轻重倒置 meaning in Chinese
put the trivial above the important; put the cart before the horse; put the incidental before the fundamental; place the unimportant before the important; reverse the order of importance; think the sauce is better than the fish; lack a sense of proportion
Examples
- If processes improper , will be dazzled inevitably , puts the trivial above important
如果处理不当，势必目迷五色，轻重倒置。 - Elizabeth , particularly , who knew that her mother owed to the latter the preservation of her favourite daughter from irremediable infamy , was hurt and distressed to a most painful degree by a distinction so ill applied
其实她母亲对待这两位贵客完全是轻重倒置，因为她心爱的一个女儿多亏了达西先生的搭救，才能免于身败名裂，伊丽莎白对这事的经过知道得极其详细，所以特别觉得难受。