Lawmakers today aren't seeing the forest for the trees; that will change when the forest has burned or been destroyed by bark beetles, but by then it will be too late.

议员们今天是见木不见林；当树林被烧毁或被小蠹虫毁掉时才会改变，然而那时岂不就太晚了。

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There is , in other words , a demand for people who are capable of seeing the forest rather than the trees, of making general judgments.

换句话说，社会对这种人有需求：他们能够看到森林而不是树木，能够做出全面的判断。

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The international community's refusal to recognize an armed conflict in Syria can only be characterized as not seeing the forest for the trees.

CNN: Syria must be held to the law of war