詞彙 "distant water will not quench your immediate thirst" 在中文的含義

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distant water will not quench your immediate thirst

US /ˈdɪstənt ˈwɔtər wɪl nɑt kwɛntʃ jʊər ɪˈmidiət θɜrst/
UK /ˈdɪstənt ˈwɔːtə wɪl nɒt kwɛntʃ jɔːr ɪˈmiːdiət θɜːst/
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成語

遠水解不了近渴

a slow or remote remedy cannot solve an urgent or immediate problem

範例:
Promising a bonus next year is useless when I need rent money now; distant water will not quench your immediate thirst.
現在需要房租,承諾明年的獎金也沒用;遠水解不了近渴
The government's long-term plan is good, but distant water will not quench your immediate thirst for the starving population.
政府的長期計劃很好,但對於飢餓的人民來說,遠水解不了近渴