[ géxuēsāoyǎng ] (比喻说话作文等不中肯, 没有抓住问题的关键) scratch an itch through one's boot -- a useless attempt; fail to lay one's finger on the right spot; scratch an itchy place through the boot -- labour in vain; talk way off the mark
Example Sentences:
1.
Plan d is some off - the - radar deal that lands the lakers some unexpected help 首先要声明的是- - - - d计划犹如隔靴搔痒，动摇不了湖人的根基。
2.
But researches on perspective of student still make us fell not enough to develop the new perspective of student on the basis of the old ones , emancipate thought . postmodernism is the new western culture and thought tides in 1950s and 1960s 尽管如此，关于学生观的研究，仍然让人感到有点“隔靴搔痒” 、 “修修补补” ，未能在理论上和实践中起到“破旧立新、解放思想”的作用。
