whipping post 中文意思是什麼
whipping post
解釋
（縛受鞭刑者的）鞭撻柱。-
It was famous, too, for the pillory, a wise old institution, that inflicted a punishment of which no one could foresee the extent ; also, for the whipping - post, another dear old institution, very humanising and softening to behold in action ; also, for extensive transactions in blood - money, another fragment of ancestral wisdom, systematically leading to the most frightful mercenary crimes that could be committed under heaven
那是一種古老而聰明的制度，那種懲罰傷害之深沒有人可以預見。它也以鞭刑柱聞名，那也是一種可愛而古老的制度，看了之後是會令人大發慈悲，心腸變軟的。它也以大量的「血錢」交易聞名，那也是我們祖宗聰明的一種表現，它能系統全面地引向天下最駭人聽聞的雇傭犯罪。 -
There might have been lapses of an erring father but he wanted to turn over a new leaf and now, when at long last in sight of the whipping post, to lead a homely life in the evening of his days, permeated by the affectionate surroundings of the heaving bosom of the family
他本人是可能幾次誤入歧途的父親，可他渴望翻開新的一頁。如今終于面對被綁上去受鞭撻的笞柱，就巴不得周圍彌漫著家族的溫暖氣息，在團聚中度過晚年。他已經被環境熏陶成了英國人。 -
The flogging was just over, and the man who had administered it was untying from the whipping - post a stout, red - whiskered man in blue stockings and a green tunic, who was groaning piteously
鞭刑完后，行刑手從行刑登上解下一個穿藍褲子綠坎肩可憐地呻吟著的有一臉紅鬍子的胖子。 -
The lights were nearly all extinguished in the passages, the iron gates were being closed with a jar and a rattle, and the dismal place was deserted until to - morrow morning s interest of gallows, pillory, whipping - post, and branding - iron, should re - people it
鐵門在砰砰地嘎嘎地關閉。人們正在離開這可怕的地方。對絞刑架枷號示眾鞭刑柱烙鐵的興趣要到第二天早上才會吸引人們在這兒重新出現。
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