释义
fail to grasp the main issue because of over-attention to details
见树不见林；见小不见大；重细节不抓重点。
双语例句
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One cannot see the wood for the trees.
不能只见树木不见林。
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Some people cannot see the wood for the trees.
有人只见树不见林。/ 一叶障目， 不见泰山。
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Teachers sometimes notice language errors and do not see the good ideas in a composition; they cannot see the wood for the trees.
老师们批改作文时，时常只注意到语言错误，而不注意文章的思想，真是因上失大。
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Some people cannot see the wood for the trees .
有些人只见树木不见森林。
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Good class design and OO techniques help address this in Java, but I still often find when reading Java code that I cannot see the wood for the trees.
优秀的设计和OO技术可以增强Java代码的表现性，但我读Java代码的时候，仍然常常见木不见林。