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单词 mailed fist
释义 mailed fist
  1. superior force, esp. military force, when presented as a threat: The country showed its mailed fist in negotiations.
  2. brutal or naked power, esp. coercive force: the mailed fist hidden in the velvet glove.
 [1895-1900]
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