procrustes

procrustes

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• na.【希神】普罗克拉斯提斯
• 网络普洛克路斯忒斯；特床上的俘虏；普罗克拉斯塔斯

英汉解释

na.	1. 【希神】普罗克拉斯提斯

英英解释

n.	1. in Greek mythology, a robber who abducted strangers and forced them to fit perfectly into a bed by either cutting off or stretching their limbs

例句

Procrustes was accustomed to invite strangers to spend a night in his cave, and if the guest were tall he would lead him to the shorter bed.

普洛克洛斯忒斯总是请陌生人到山洞中过夜，如果客人很高，他就把他领到较短的床上。

Neither must we attempt to confine the Platonic dialogue on the Procrustes bed of a single idea.

我们也不应该把柏拉图的对话硬行限制在某个概念上，就像把人硬塞到

Some school teachers wish to stretch all children on the bad of Procrustes.

有些小学老师主张对所有的孩子提出同样的要求。