英语释义

1. a payment or penalty exacted to fulfill a deal or punishment
loan sharks taking their pound of flesh

片语

a pound of flesh合法但不合理的事

the pound of flesh合法但有悖情理的要求〔莎士比亚戏剧

take my pound of flesh拿走我的一磅肉

take your pound of flesh不顾别人死活

one pound of flesh身上割下一磅肉

A Pound of Flesh for一磅卖50便士的肉

英汉例句

• first, i would argue, to hold that shylock could take a pound of flesh but no blood is to adopt an interpretation of the contract that leads to an absurdity.

  第一，我要争辩支持夏洛克割去一磅肉但不许流血，将对合同的解释引向了荒谬。

• somebody「s pound of flesh (2) rendered up.

  谁的一磅血肉被放弃。

• according to the law, shylock may have a pound of flesh to be cut off by himself nearest to antonio」s heart.

  根据%法律，夏洛克可以得到一磅肉，由他从最靠近安东尼奥心脏的部位割下来。

• 2：my business is closed and my wife has cancer, and still the bank wants its pound of flesh ; they「ll take my house if i can」t pay back what i borrowed for my wife「s hospital bills.

  我的公司倒闭了，我妻子又得了癌癥，而银行却还要不合情理地催逼债务。如果我不能偿还我为付妻子的医院帐单而借的款项，他们就要没收我的房子。

• 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。

• i only ask for a pound of flesh .

  夏洛克回答说：“我只想要一磅肉。

• shylock may have a pound of flesh to be cut off nearest to antonio」s heart.

  夏洛克可以得到一镑肉由他从最靠近安东尼奥心脏的部位割下来。

• the penalty clause entitled the plaintiff, in the event of default in payment, to extract a pound of flesh nearest the defendant’s heart.

  合同的惩罚条款，授权原告在发生履行迟延（default）的情况下，从被告心脏附近割下一磅肉来。