"burn at the stake" en Chinese (Traditional)

• 火刑處死

Definición

被綁在柱子上並用火燒死，這是一種歷史上對某些罪行的處罰方式。現在也可比喻公開嚴厲批評。

Notas de Uso (Chinese (Traditional))

字面意義正式且主要用於歷史語境；比喻時常用來誇張地形容被嚴厲公開批評（如「我感覺像被火刑處死」）。日常很少字面使用。

Ejemplos

In the past, people were sometimes burned at the stake for their beliefs.

過去，有些人因為信仰被**火刑處死**。

Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in 1431.

貞德於1431年被**火刑處死**。

The king ordered his enemy to be burned at the stake.

國王下令將敵人**火刑處死**。

Whenever I make a mistake at work, I feel like I'm being burned at the stake.

我在工作上犯錯時，總覺得像被**火刑處死**一樣。

He voiced an unpopular opinion and was practically burned at the stake on social media.

他說了一個不受歡迎的觀點，在社交媒體上簡直被**火刑處死**。

Relax, nobody's going to burn you at the stake for forgetting to send one email.

別擔心，只是忘了發一封電子郵件，沒人會把你**火刑處死**。