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

Procrustean bed n. a bed like that of Procrustes; figurative a measure having the effect of enforcing conformity.

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1789 B. Moseley Treat. Trop. Dis. (ed. 2) Preface 12 We do not, at this day, like ancient surgeons, hang people up by their feet to beams, nor rack them on Procrustean beds, to reduce dislocations, without any regard to anatomy.

1828 Times 24 May 1/5 That species of mental torture—that Procrustean bed on which bigotry would expand or confine the consciences of men.

1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. xv. 271 To..tie them down to their own procrustean bed.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) II. 271 Neither must we attempt to confine the Platonic dialogue on the Procrustean bed of a single idea.

1904 W. Barry Newman v. 192 Between these alternatives a path..remains to be discovered by the observer who will submit..to the nature of things, instead of laying it upon a Procrustean bed.

1976 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 133 108/1 The author has seen the difficulties that arise because the inexperienced therapist tries to fit patients into the Procrustean bed of his preconceived notions.

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释义	> as lemmas Procrustean bed Procrustean bed n. a bed like that of Procrustes; figurative a measure having the effect of enforcing conformity. ΚΠ 1789 B. Moseley Treat. Trop. Dis. (ed. 2) Preface 12 We do not, at this day, like ancient surgeons, hang people up by their feet to beams, nor rack them on Procrustean beds, to reduce dislocations, without any regard to anatomy. 1828 Times 24 May 1/5 That species of mental torture—that Procrustean bed on which bigotry would expand or confine the consciences of men. 1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. xv. 271 To..tie them down to their own procrustean bed. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) II. 271 Neither must we attempt to confine the Platonic dialogue on the Procrustean bed of a single idea. 1904 W. Barry Newman v. 192 Between these alternatives a path..remains to be discovered by the observer who will submit..to the nature of things, instead of laying it upon a Procrustean bed. 1976 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 133 108/1 The author has seen the difficulties that arise because the inexperienced therapist tries to fit patients into the Procrustean bed of his preconceived notions. extracted from Procrusteanadj. < as lemmas
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