"pound of flesh" 的Chinese (Traditional)翻译

• 磅肉（比喻，代價極高的要求）

释义

「磅肉」指某人堅持索取應得，即使會讓他人受苦或困難；意思是無論付出多大代價都要討回所欠。

用法说明（Chinese (Traditional)）

只用於比喻，形容極其嚴苛、無情的要求，常見於正式或文學場合，多指討債或復仇。

例句

The lender wanted his pound of flesh when the loan was not paid.

當貸款沒有還清時，放貸人堅持要回他的**磅肉**。

He demanded his pound of flesh after being wronged at work.

在工作中受了委屈後，他堅持要他的**磅肉**。

If you break the contract, the company will demand its pound of flesh.

如果你違反合約，公司會要求他們的**磅肉**。

It may be legal, but asking for your pound of flesh isn't always fair.

也許合法，但要**磅肉**並不總是公平的。

She refused to give him his pound of flesh, saying forgiveness was better than revenge.

她拒絕給他**磅肉**，說寬恕比報復更好。

Everybody owes someone something, but not everyone demands a pound of flesh.

每個人都欠別人點什麼，但不是每個人都會堅持討**磅肉**。