换掉旧的琴弦,再安上新 的。比喻去旧更新,改变制度或作法等。《汉书·董仲舒传》:“窃譬之琴瑟不调,甚者必解而更张之,乃可鼓也。”《宋书·乐志》:“琴瑟时未调,改弦当更张。矧乃治天下,此要安可 忘。”
改弦更张 [gǎi xián gēng zhāng]
1. (比喻改革制度或变更方法) refix a bowstring -- to change policy [business]; make a fresh start; start afresh; start a thorough reform; mend one's ways; change one's course; turn over to new leaf; change over to new ways; cut loose from the past and make a new start; change the laws调换乐器上的弦线,并重新调音。张,将弦绷紧。比喻改革制度或变更方法。
老舍《四世同堂》:“他们应当改弦更张,去掉几个老汉奸,而起用几个新汉奸。”
Make a fresh start
如果现在很想改弦更张(Make a fresh start),那么当初就不该把事情做到那种程度。所以我觉得,超越网络现金游戏不只是个数字问题,更重要的是人品和人格。
the change in politics
the change in politics
start afresh
New Start.英语翻译 ... We must make a new start. 我们必须重新开始。 refix a bowstring; restring a musical instrument; make a fresh [new] start; start afresh 改弦更张 Q: When does the new league start? 新的联赛什么时候开始? ...
change over to new ways
change-over英语翻译 ... change over to new ways 改弦更张 Mark: But people change over time. 马克:可是人时时都在变。 Tastes in food also change over time. 人们的口味随时间而改变。 ...
美国政府如果不迅速改弦更张,我们不久之后将会问,是谁丢了欧洲?
Unless US policy swiftly changes course, we will all soon be asking, who lost Europe?
“我们应该鼓励印度和其他国家向缅甸发出明确的信号:它需要改弦更张了,”美国国务院发言人菲利普-克罗利周五说道。
“We would encourage India and other countries to send a clear message to Burma that it needs to change its course, ” US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said on Friday.
再不改弦更张,我们就只能从一个危机走向另一个危机,这条失败之路已经带来了破坏性的后果。
If we do, we will continue to drift from crisis to crisis, a failed path that has already had devastating consequences, " he said.
琴声不和谐,换了琴弦,重新安上,比喻改革制度或变更方法。
【出处】东汉·班固《汉书·董仲舒传》:“窃譬之琴瑟不调,甚者必解而更张之,乃可鼓也。”