英语词汇“two wrongs don't make a right”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(e) two wrongs don't make a right and variants: one wrongful act does not justify another.

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1768 C. Howard Thoughts, Ess., & Maxims 69 (heading) Two wrongs will not make one right.

1822 Niles' Weekly Reg. 30 Nov. 198/2 Two wrongs do not make a right—but, if war is allowable, it establishes the principle of retaliation and justifies a resistance of violence by violence.

1878 Alberta Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 15 522 Reference was made..to small doses of aloes preventing the cathartic action of belladonna. This may appear paradoxical, like two wrongs making a right.

1922 A. Bennett Mr. Prohack xiv. 145 Perhaps two wrongs don't make a right, but five hundred wrongs positively must make a right.

1997 L. Lippman Baltimore Blues v. 40 Two wrongs don't make a right.

单词	two wrongs don't make a right
释义	> as lemmas two wrongs don't make a right (e) two wrongs don't make a right and variants: one wrongful act does not justify another. ΚΠ 1768 C. Howard Thoughts, Ess., & Maxims 69 (heading) Two wrongs will not make one right. 1822 Niles' Weekly Reg. 30 Nov. 198/2 Two wrongs do not make a right—but, if war is allowable, it establishes the principle of retaliation and justifies a resistance of violence by violence. 1878 Alberta Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 15 522 Reference was made..to small doses of aloes preventing the cathartic action of belladonna. This may appear paradoxical, like two wrongs making a right. 1922 A. Bennett Mr. Prohack xiv. 145 Perhaps two wrongs don't make a right, but five hundred wrongs positively must make a right. 1997 L. Lippman Baltimore Blues v. 40 Two wrongs don't make a right. extracted from rightn. < as lemmas
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