[ huǎnbùjìjí ] a slow remedy cannot meet an urgency.; leisurely action cannot meet an urgent demand.; slow action cannot save a critical situation.; the aid is too slow in coming to be of any help.; water far away is not of much use in putting out a fire.; water from afar cannot extinguish a fire nearby
Conditions in illegal immigrant detention centers are poor see section 2 . d . 可惜对决策者而言，这个道理是缓不济急的。
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Many of the evacuees had had to move to safer territory and live with family members , and many businesses had been ruined by the storm 许多民众已撤离到较安全的地区，和亲人住在一起因为政府的因应措施缓不济急，不少商店遭受暴风摧毁。
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Drought as well as delays in distributing food and cash to ethiopia ' s impoverished have contributed to growing malnutrition , said simon mechale , head of the government ' s emergency arm 西蒙?米凯尔是衣索比亚政府紧急救难部门的负责人，他说旱灾，加上散发粮食和现金给衣索比亚贫民的动作缓不济急，导致营养不良的问题日益恶化。
