procrustean
[pr?u'kr?sti?n]
- adj. 強(qiáng)求一致的；迫使就范的；殘暴的
GRE
助記提示
1、pro- + crust-(Greek krouein "strike") => procrust- "beat out, strike out, stretch out".
2、procrust- + -es => Procrustes: the name meaning "one who stretches".
3、procrust- + -ean.
4、普羅克汝斯忒斯(Procrustes)是希臘神話中虛構(gòu)的一個(gè)強(qiáng)盜，他抓住過(guò)往的游客，然后將其綁在自己的床上，然后拉伸他們的四肢，或者鋸掉他們的腿，以使其跟自己的床剛好合適；由此該詞的含義被引申為：violently making conformable to standard.
2、procrust- + -es => Procrustes: the name meaning "one who stretches".
3、procrust- + -ean.
4、普羅克汝斯忒斯(Procrustes)是希臘神話中虛構(gòu)的一個(gè)強(qiáng)盜，他抓住過(guò)往的游客，然后將其綁在自己的床上，然后拉伸他們的四肢，或者鋸掉他們的腿，以使其跟自己的床剛好合適；由此該詞的含義被引申為：violently making conformable to standard.
中文詞源
Procrustean 強(qiáng)求一致的，一刀切的
來(lái)自希臘語(yǔ)Procrustes,傳說(shuō)中的劫匪，與其它土匪劫財(cái)不同，他在抓住過(guò)往路人后，把他們綁在一張長(zhǎng)度固定的床上，超過(guò)床長(zhǎng)的，砍掉多余身體四肢，短于床長(zhǎng)的，強(qiáng)行拉長(zhǎng)，因此引申該詞義。其名字來(lái)自希臘語(yǔ)prokrouein,擊，打，拉長(zhǎng)，來(lái)自pro-,向前，krouein,擊，打。
英文詞源
- Procrustean (adj.)
- 1846 in figurative sense, "violently making conformable to standard," from Procrustes, mythical robber of Attica who seized travelers, tied them to his bed, and either stretched their limbs or lopped of their legs to make them fit it. The name is Greek Prokroustes "one who stretches," from prokrouein "to beat out, stretch out," from pro- "before" (see pro-) + krouein "to strike."
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. This phrasal implied meaning in accordance with the Chinese language procrustean method similar is demand/ the not reasonable request handles affairs according to same standard.
- 這個(gè)成語(yǔ)的寓意和漢語(yǔ)削足適履一樣是強(qiáng)求一致/不合理的要求按照同一標(biāo)準(zhǔn)辦事。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 2. We are firmly opposed to the policy of a Procrustean bed.
- 我們堅(jiān)決反對(duì)強(qiáng)求一致的政策.
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- 3. People are firmly opposed to the policy of Procrustean bed.
- 人們堅(jiān)決反對(duì)那項(xiàng)“一刀切”的政策.
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- 4. Those strict proprieties of the old days are now regarded as a Procrustean bed.
- 那些老規(guī)矩現(xiàn)在被認(rèn)為是普洛克路斯特斯之床.
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- 5. Morning exercise reading is really an annoying unpopular Procrustean bed to all our students.
- 晨練和晨讀對(duì)我們學(xué)生來(lái)說(shuō)的確是令人討厭的“一刀切”的做法.
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