an eye for an eye

Centuries ago, the prevalent rule of thumb was an eye for an eye, or in some cases, a life for a life.

几百年以前，普遍的处理人与人之间矛盾的办法就是以牙还牙，在一些情况下还会是以命偿命。

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And I promise you, before the celebrations are over, you would share my tears, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a son for a son.

我发誓庆典结束之前我也要你尝尝我的痛苦以牙还牙，以眼还眼，以子还子。

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Gandhi warned us, " An eye for an eye, and we all go blind. "

甘地警告我们: “ 以牙还牙, 两败俱伤. ”

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It has proved a magical myth: that you should speak softly and carry a big stick, that an eye for an eye can produce co-operation in unpromising situations.

它证明了一个不可思议的荒诞理论：你说话要和气，同时要手持大棒，在前途渺茫的情况下，以眼还眼的报复会带来合作。

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Following the rule of an eye for an eye will only lead to further tragedies.

依循以牙还牙的规则只会造成更多的悲剧。

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While the phrase "an eye for an eye, makes the world blind" is often attributed to Gandhi, we're pretty sure that even Mahatma would return the favor of a whoopee cushion slipped onto his seat by sprinkling itching powder into the perpetrator's jockstrap.

我们都知道“以眼还眼（即以牙还牙），世界只会更盲目”的名言出自甘地，但我们还是能肯定，如果这位圣雄也遭遇过坐上放屁垫子这样的恶作剧，他也会回敬这位始作俑者的——在其运动内裤里撒上痒粉。

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He beat me and I beat him, an eye for an eye.

一报还一报。以牙还牙。（非“眼睛对眼睛”）

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An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

以眼还眼，以牙还牙

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He has treated you badly and we shall give him an eye for an eye for what he has done.

他待你不好，我们会对他以眼还眼，以牙还牙。

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An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

以眼还眼，只会让世界变得盲目。

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However, Chinese government rarely used "an eye for an eye" on the foreign-initiated antidumping actions.

然而在现实中政府很少采用以牙还牙的方式对国外发起反倾销行动。

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Gandhi warned us,@ An eye for an eye, and we all go blind.

甘地警告我们：以牙还牙，两败俱伤。

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An eye for an eye, don't you think?

以牙还牙，你看怎么样？

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But that day would not dawn soon, because Chinese people believe strongly in the notion of an "eye for an eye and a life for a life".

但是那一天不会很快到来，因为中国人强烈信仰“以眼还眼，以命抵命”这一观点。

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The death penalty for murder work on the principle of an eye for an eye.

犯谋杀罪处以死刑，其原则是一命抵一命。

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I know an eye for an eye leaves the world blind, but for something so gruesome to me it only seems fair that the same should be done to him.

我懂“以牙还牙”会把世界带入黑暗，但碰到这种让人恶心的事儿，给他脸上也刻字才公平。

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Retributive justice demands an eye for an eye.

报复型正义要求以眼还眼,以牙还牙.

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That is, they firmly believe in the idea of an eye for an eye. They might also agree that it is wrong to pull the wool over a person's eyes. This means to try to trick a person by making him believe something that is false.

他们可能还同意，欺骗别人（pull the wool over a person’s eyes）是不对的，也就是说失去欺骗某人，使他相信某件错误的事情。

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Many believe that criminals should be given a chance to redeem themselves and the principle of an eye for an eye should not be adopted.

很多人认为，我们应该让犯人有改过自新的机会，不应采用以眼还眼的原则。

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Insisting on an eye for an eye will leave everyone hurt and just make the problem worse.

夫妻之间以牙还牙的行为只会两败俱伤，令问题变得更为严重。

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An eye for an eye.

以牙还牙.

口语例句

An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.

以眼还眼只会让整个世界变得盲目.

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The days of an eye for an eye are over.

以眼还眼的时代已经过去了.

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James Bond : An eye for an eye.

詹姆斯邦德: 以眼还眼.

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That is, they firmly believe in the idea of an eye for an eye.

那就是说, 他们坚定地相信两个人所共识的事情.

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It is, if I may take an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; for every wrench of agony return a wrench: reduce him to my level.

那就是，要是我能以眼还眼，以牙还牙，每回他拧痛我，我也要扭伤他，让他也受受我的罪。

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An eye for an eye , don't you think?

以牙还牙, 你看 怎么样 ?

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An eye for an eye, things like that.

以牙还牙，以眼还眼，就这么简单。

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