procrustes

procrustes

美 　英

• na.【希神】普羅克拉斯提斯
• 網絡普洛克路斯忒斯；特床上的俘虜；普羅克拉斯塔斯

英漢解釋

na.	1. 【希神】普羅克拉斯提斯

英英解釋

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.

普洛克洛斯忒斯總是請陌生人到山洞中過夜，如果客人很高，他就把他領到較短的床上。

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

我們也不應該把柏拉圖的對話硬行限制在某個概念上，就像把人硬塞到

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

有些小學老師主張對所有的孩子提出同樣的要求。