英语词汇“a bridge of gold”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. a bridge of gold (also silver) (similarly a golden (also gold, silver) bridge): an easy and attractive means of escape, esp. one deliberately created to encourage an enemy to retreat. [After Italian far il ponte d'oro a qualcuno (1544 in the passage translated in quot. 1562), Middle French faire un pont d'argent à quelq'un (1534), faire des ponts d'or à quelq'un (1585), and similar expressions in both languages; compare also post-classical Latin hostibus fugientibus pontem argenteum extruendum esse , lit. ‘that for a fleeing enemy one should construct a bridge of silver’ (1532 in Erasmus, attributed to Alphonsus of Aragon, d. 1458). The expression is said to have its origin in Aristides' advice to Themistocles ( Plutarch Life of Themistocles 16) not to destroy Xerxes' bridge of ships, so that he might flee more easily from Greece following his defeat (compare quot. a1387 at Phrases 1).]

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the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > means of escape > easy or attractive

a bridge of gold (also silver)1562

a golden (also gold, silver) bridge1652

1562 J. Shute tr. in Two Comm. Turcks ii. f. 39 He with his great cortesye..pacifyed..them all, lainge for his excuse the olde prouerbe, that to the enemy that fleeth a man must make a brydge of golde [It. fargli il ponte d'oro].

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ii. 101 Not to stoppe the way of the ennemy..but rather according to an olde councell, to make him a bridge of siluer [Fr. luy faire vn pont d'argent].

1652 in King of Scots Let. Holland 5 And far better it is, to build him a silver bridge to invite him to go, then Bulworks of earth to necessitate him to stay.

1824 Ld. Byron Deformed Transformed ii. ii. 14 A golden bridge Is for a flying enemy.

1996 T. Clancy Executive Orders vii. 99 He'd given Jack a golden bridge back to private life, a capstone on a career of public service that had turned into a trap.

2001 R. Holmes et al. Oxf. Compan. Mil. Hist. 542 An encircled enemy may fight bitterly, and it may be better to encourage him to withdraw. In this case he can be left an escape route, known as a ‘golden bridge’.

单词	a bridge of gold
释义	> as lemmas a bridge of gold (also silver) P2. a bridge of gold (also silver) (similarly a golden (also gold, silver) bridge): an easy and attractive means of escape, esp. one deliberately created to encourage an enemy to retreat. [After Italian far il ponte d'oro a qualcuno (1544 in the passage translated in quot. 1562), Middle French faire un pont d'argent à quelq'un (1534), faire des ponts d'or à quelq'un (1585), and similar expressions in both languages; compare also post-classical Latin hostibus fugientibus pontem argenteum extruendum esse , lit. ‘that for a fleeing enemy one should construct a bridge of silver’ (1532 in Erasmus, attributed to Alphonsus of Aragon, d. 1458). The expression is said to have its origin in Aristides' advice to Themistocles ( Plutarch Life of Themistocles 16) not to destroy Xerxes' bridge of ships, so that he might flee more easily from Greece following his defeat (compare quot. a1387 at Phrases 1).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > means of escape > easy or attractive a bridge of gold (also silver)1562 a golden (also gold, silver) bridge1652 1562 J. Shute tr. in Two Comm. Turcks ii. f. 39 He with his great cortesye..pacifyed..them all, lainge for his excuse the olde prouerbe, that to the enemy that fleeth a man must make a brydge of golde [It. fargli il ponte d'oro]. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ii. 101 Not to stoppe the way of the ennemy..but rather according to an olde councell, to make him a bridge of siluer [Fr. luy faire vn pont d'argent]. 1652 in King of Scots Let. Holland 5 And far better it is, to build him a silver bridge to invite him to go, then Bulworks of earth to necessitate him to stay. 1824 Ld. Byron Deformed Transformed ii. ii. 14 A golden bridge Is for a flying enemy. 1996 T. Clancy Executive Orders vii. 99 He'd given Jack a golden bridge back to private life, a capstone on a career of public service that had turned into a trap. 2001 R. Holmes et al. Oxf. Compan. Mil. Hist. 542 An encircled enemy may fight bitterly, and it may be better to encourage him to withdraw. In this case he can be left an escape route, known as a ‘golden bridge’. extracted from bridgen.¹ < as lemmas
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