(1) [ spoil things by excessive enthusiasm as one who tries to help the shoots grew by pulling them up] 古时候宋国有个人,嫌禾苗长得太慢,就一棵棵地往上拔起一点。后来用来比喻不顾事物的发展规律,急于求成,反把事情弄坏
揠苗助长,苦心极力,卒无所得也。——宋·吕本中《紫微杂说》
(2) 也说“拔苗助长”
⊙ 英文词汇
pull up
⊙ 英文字义
eradicate;1.[Formal] to pull up; to tug upward;eradicate/pull up