南轅北轍的英文：
[Literal Meaning]
south/shafts of a cart or carriage/north/trail
to try to go south by driving the chariot north

[解釋]
轅：車轅；轍：車印。比喻行動和目的正好相反。

[Explanation]
to act in a way that defeats one's purpose

[例子]
你本來不是打算存一筆錢買房子嗎？你花這么多錢在攝影上不是南轅北轍嗎？

[Example]
You meant to save some money to buy an apartment, right? Isn't it acting in a way that defeats your purpose for you to have spent so much money on photography?

[英文等價詞]
poles apart

參考例句：
  • Be diametrically opposite
    南轅北轍
  • heading in the wrong direction;Go south by driving the chariot north;diametrically opposite
    南轅北轍
  • Sufficient coordination between banking and marketing executives should be enough to eliminate divergence of results
    業(yè)務經(jīng)理和市場營銷經(jīng)理必須進行充分合作借以消除結果上的南轅北轍。

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