英語(yǔ)習(xí)語(yǔ)諺語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)用法精粹 宗教神話類(lèi)3-15 an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

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【字面理解】一只眼換一只眼，一顆牙換一顆牙

【英文解析】a person who treats somebody badly should be treated in the same way

【中文解析】以眼還眼，以牙還牙;以其人之道還治其人之身

【典型例句】① An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.—Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 以眼還眼，世界只會(huì)更盲目。——莫罕達(dá)斯卡拉姆昌德甘地

② Many believe that criminals should be given a chance to redeem themselves and the principle of an eye for an eye should not be adopted.很多人認(rèn)為，我們應(yīng)該給犯人 改過(guò)自新的機(jī)會(huì)，而不應(yīng)采用以眼還眼的原則。.

【注釋】源自《圣經(jīng)》，意思是你傷害別人一只眼睛，就該 被弄傷一只眼睛作為對(duì)等的懲罰，現(xiàn)該習(xí)語(yǔ)含有報(bào) 復(fù)的味道。在《圣經(jīng)》中曾多次出現(xiàn)該句，如《申命記》第19章第21節(jié)你眼不可顧惜，要以命償命， 以眼還眼，以牙還牙，以手還手，以腳還腳。” (Show no pity: life for life，eye for eye，tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. Deuteronomy 19:21)《馬太福音》 第5章第38節(jié)你們聽(tīng)見(jiàn)有話說(shuō)：‘以眼還眼，以牙 還牙。”(You have heard that it was said, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” Matthew 5:38 )變體：an eye for an eye。