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4. an eye for an eye以眼还眼% y; F" X; ]6 a6 b; b: {
释义:punishment in which the offender suffers - G2 \2 Z+ R1 S- r0 _
what the victim has suffered, exact retribution
0 x2 ^6 h7 `; z) E; z2 v1 C 例句:Joe believed in an eye for an eye; stealing his client would have to
6 J" Z4 Q" Q5 k' h be avenged. F8 t# X1 L5 E# z/ t- a
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# P9 }( {! q7 P4 E8 {
遭到报复。4 I3 L- o y$ \( b9 J, s3 _
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8 h( k" c) |4 n% N. G' i- c3 I
列人中立下典章。其中第23到25节中说到:
- Z; \% z1 S% S# E And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for 0 N. N6 v+ E8 Q/ u: [. _5 f
eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for3 N, p: U* W% q* m+ ^, }3 W( ^7 A
burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
6 `' v5 G8 U, v% l 若有他害,就要以命偿命, 以眼还眼,以牙还牙,以手还手,以脚! u1 v9 _" O. D: W
还脚,以烙还烙,以伤还伤,以鞭还鞭。 |
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