“冰凍三尺非一日之寒”，字面意思是“冰凍了三尺，并不是一天的寒冷所能達(dá)到的效果（It takes more than one cold day for the river to freeze three feet deep）”。比喻一種情況的形成，是經(jīng)過(guò)長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的積累、醞釀的，與英文諺語(yǔ)“Rome wasn't built in a day”意思相近，表示“it takes a long time to do a task properly, and you should not rush it or expect to do it quickly”。

例句：

冰凍三尺非一日之寒，凱恩和湯姆都很清楚前方任務(wù)艱巨。
Rome was not built in a day, and Kahn and Tom both know there is tough work ahead.

冰凍三尺非一日之寒，成功是建立在耐心追求的基礎(chǔ)上，在追求的過(guò)程中不會(huì)被暫時(shí)的失敗打倒。
Rome was not built in one day. Success is founded on the basis of patient pursuit that can never be impeded by temporary failures.

Editor: Jade