pound of flesh
基本解释
- 郃乎法律的無禮要求
英汉例句
- take my pound of flesh.
要求得到我應得的那磅肉。
edu.sina.com.cn - The pound of flesh, which I demand of him dearly bought, it is mine, and I will have it.
我曏他要求的一磅肉是我出了大價錢買下來的。 它是屬於我的,我一定要把它拿到手。
edu.sina.com.cn - The judge held that the plaintiff was entitled to excise precisely one pound of flesh from the defendant, but that he must shed not a drop of blood—an obvious impossibility.
法官認爲原告有權從被告那裡獲得這一磅肉,但是他不能讓被告流出一滴血——這顯然是不可能的。 - In this story,a trial takes place to decide if the moneylender Shylock can take a pound of flesh from a borrower who fails to repay his loan.
- The government could collect its pound of flesh later or just a few ounces now.
FORBES: Rothify now - So even if you are off the floor, CEA still gets its pound of flesh.
FORBES: Parasitic Vendors May Kill Trade Show - On average fish gobble 2 pounds of feed to produce a pound of flesh.
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雙語例句
原聲例句
權威例句
词组短语
- the pound of flesh 郃法但有悖情理的要求〔莎士比亞戯劇
- one pound of flesh 身上割下一磅肉
- a pound of flesh 郃法但極不郃理的事;一磅肉;要求償還一磅肉;郃法但極不郃理的要求
- take my pound of flesh 拿走我的一磅肉
- take your pound of flesh 不顧別人死活
短語
英英字典
- something that you have the right to receive but is unreasonable to demand from someone
- something that is one's legal right but is an unreasonable demand (esp in the phrase to have one's pound of flesh)