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4. an eye for an eye以眼还眼
t- `, |8 c5 c$ P 释义:punishment in which the offender suffers
- u2 T- _( r+ g% {; u what the victim has suffered, exact retribution
+ g( C5 K: m, u0 I. v9 h5 [ Z* S 例句:Joe believed in an eye for an eye; stealing his client would have to $ _: A B% S. s
be avenged.! i0 h! q* Z: d ]+ c
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
& @6 K* P: k4 g 遭到报复。) p2 [5 ~+ j5 ?" b/ G
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* ~" ^* e7 t2 H. k9 m7 g
列人中立下典章。其中第23到25节中说到:
- }/ d, h+ V8 ^: _' K" Y! j And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for 1 _4 ^- H2 e x# ]( {9 l" a! B
eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for
; \, S8 K+ d' ]1 z2 N# f2 P5 d burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
' L& i8 E; }2 w# y \/ t 若有他害,就要以命偿命, 以眼还眼,以牙还牙,以手还手,以脚. ]7 ]3 G3 B' ?' {" d
还脚,以烙还烙,以伤还伤,以鞭还鞭。 |
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