英语词汇“eye for eye”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth): the principle of retribution in which the penalty is equivalent to the original crime or injury (Exodus 21:24). In early use †eye for (also with) eye. Cf. law of retaliation at retaliation n. 2c, lex talionis n.See also Leviticus 24:20, Deuteronomy 19:21, and Matthew 5:38. [Ultimately after Hebrew ʿayin taḥaṯ ʿayin eye for eye (Exodus 21:24, Leviticus 24:20, etc.); in an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth ultimately after Hebrew ʿayin taḥaṯ ʿayin, šēn taḥaṯ šēn eye for eye, tooth for tooth (Exodus 21:24, etc.).]

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > in revenge or retaliation (for) [phrase] > equal retaliation

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OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Exod. (Claud.) xxi. 24 Sylle lyf wið life: Eage wið eagan [L. oculum pro oculo], toþ wiþ teð, hand wiþ handa, fot wiþ fet.

OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) v. 38 Gehyrdon ge þæt gecweden wæs, Eage for eage and toð for teð.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6701 Ei for ei, and toth for toht.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matthew v. f. iii^v Ye haue herde howe it is sayde: An eye for an eye, a toth for a toth.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 167^v Being so minded they wil not seke eie for eie, tooth for tooth, as the Pharises taught their disciples to desire reuenge.

1671 L. Addison W. Barbary xi. 174 In bodily injuries they observe the law of Retaliation, as an Eye for an Eye, a tooth for a tooth.

1732 J. Besse Def. Quakerism xii. 204 The Law allowed a Man..in case of Injury to retaliate, Eye for Eye, and Tooth for Tooth.

1825 Monthly Rev. Mar. 315 The doctrine of ‘an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth’ inflicts, indeed, a new pain on the guilty person, but benefits neither the party injured nor the community.

1876 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 746 May we not hope that an ‘eye for an eye’ is, in the order of healthy evolution, to disappear entirely from our penal correctives?

1910 J. Galsworthy Sheaf (1916) 120 The old theory, ‘an eye for an eye’ condemned to death over nineteen hundred years ago, but still dying very hard in this Christian country.

1942 E. Paul Narrow Street iii. 27 Thérèse's code was ‘an eye for an eye’, and the result of her interference was salutary in the extreme.

2004 S. Mehta Maximum City 45 There's no justification for the blasts... An eye for an eye is a terrible thing.

单词	eye for eye
释义	> as lemmas eye for (also with) eye (a) an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth): the principle of retribution in which the penalty is equivalent to the original crime or injury (Exodus 21:24). In early use †eye for (also with) eye. Cf. law of retaliation at retaliation n. 2c, lex talionis n.See also Leviticus 24:20, Deuteronomy 19:21, and Matthew 5:38. [Ultimately after Hebrew ʿayin taḥaṯ ʿayin eye for eye (Exodus 21:24, Leviticus 24:20, etc.); in an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth ultimately after Hebrew ʿayin taḥaṯ ʿayin, šēn taḥaṯ šēn eye for eye, tooth for tooth (Exodus 21:24, etc.).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > in revenge or retaliation (for) [phrase] > equal retaliation an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth)a1400 life for lifea1400 OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Exod. (Claud.) xxi. 24 Sylle lyf wið life: Eage wið eagan [L. oculum pro oculo], toþ wiþ teð, hand wiþ handa, fot wiþ fet. OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) v. 38 Gehyrdon ge þæt gecweden wæs, Eage for eage and toð for teð. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6701 Ei for ei, and toth for toht. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matthew v. f. iii^v Ye haue herde howe it is sayde: An eye for an eye, a toth for a toth. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 167^v Being so minded they wil not seke eie for eie, tooth for tooth, as the Pharises taught their disciples to desire reuenge. 1671 L. Addison W. Barbary xi. 174 In bodily injuries they observe the law of Retaliation, as an Eye for an Eye, a tooth for a tooth. 1732 J. Besse Def. Quakerism xii. 204 The Law allowed a Man..in case of Injury to retaliate, Eye for Eye, and Tooth for Tooth. 1825 Monthly Rev. Mar. 315 The doctrine of ‘an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth’ inflicts, indeed, a new pain on the guilty person, but benefits neither the party injured nor the community. 1876 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 746 May we not hope that an ‘eye for an eye’ is, in the order of healthy evolution, to disappear entirely from our penal correctives? 1910 J. Galsworthy Sheaf (1916) 120 The old theory, ‘an eye for an eye’ condemned to death over nineteen hundred years ago, but still dying very hard in this Christian country. 1942 E. Paul Narrow Street iii. 27 Thérèse's code was ‘an eye for an eye’, and the result of her interference was salutary in the extreme. 2004 S. Mehta Maximum City 45 There's no justification for the blasts... An eye for an eye is a terrible thing. extracted from eyen.¹ < as lemmas
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