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4. an eye for an eye以眼还眼
0 U1 @% V: J# I% ? 释义:punishment in which the offender suffers 0 i# r1 T$ S) S2 M
what the victim has suffered, exact retribution) m4 M Y: x7 u+ t
例句:Joe believed in an eye for an eye; stealing his client would have to
! f v* Z$ m+ e! F2 M/ } be avenged.7 X8 B$ I2 \) L
乔坚信凡事都应该以其人之道还治其人之身,抢了他的客户,就必须要
0 v0 ?/ D# j+ D: [) v9 O/ g 遭到报复。
- m6 C8 c( W( ?! M1 ^2 ~ 典故:《旧约·出埃及记》(Exodus)第21章谈到耶和华告诉摩西,要在以色
2 o5 Y& v I, j+ ~$ S% _ 列人中立下典章。其中第23到25节中说到:' T" S% `2 p. }# P1 E
And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for - Z1 ~2 ^+ k4 z
eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for: ]7 |( @9 A; N8 E& ^& `
burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe., g( `( A) A$ w1 x) U$ ?
若有他害,就要以命偿命, 以眼还眼,以牙还牙,以手还手,以脚. J4 x, O+ m2 u4 ^7 t3 b
还脚,以烙还烙,以伤还伤,以鞭还鞭。 |
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