pound of flesh

基本解释

• 合乎法律的无礼要求

同根派生

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英汉例句

双语例句

• take my pound of flesh.
  要求得到我应得的那磅肉。
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• The pound of flesh, which I demand of him dearly bought, it is mine, and I will have it.
  我向他要求的一磅肉是我出了大价钱买下来的。 它是属于我的,我一定要把它拿到手。
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• 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.
  法官认为原告有权从被告那里获得这一磅肉，但是他不能让被告流出一滴血——这显然是不可能的。

原声例句

• 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.

权威例句

• 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.
  FORBES: Entrepreneurs

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词组短语

短语

• the pound of flesh 合法但有悖情理的要求〔莎士比亚戏剧
• one pound of flesh 身上割下一磅肉
• a pound of flesh 合法但极不合理的事;一磅肉;要求偿还一磅肉;合法但极不合理的要求
• take my pound of flesh 拿走我的一磅肉
• take your pound of flesh 不顾别人死活

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• something that you have the right to receive but is unreasonable to demand from someone

柯林斯英英字典

• something that is one's legal right but is an unreasonable demand (esp in the phrase to have one's pound of flesh)

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