英語習語諺語成語用法精粹 宗教神話類3-24 beat swords inta plowshares

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【字面理解】把刀劍打成犁頭，鑄劍為犁

【英文解析】to stop fitting and return to peaceful activities; to spend money on humanitarian purposes rather than weapons

【中文解析】化干戈為玉帛;偃武修文

【典型例句】① The prime minister would like them to beat their swords into ploughshares and abandon all plans for war.該國首相希望雙方能夠化千戈為玉帛，放棄所有 的戰(zhàn)爭計劃。

② The government has agreed to decommission some of their nuclear weapons in an attempt to turn swords into ploughshares.為了化干戈為玉帛，政府已同意廢棄部分核武器。

【注釋】文學用語。源自《圣經(jīng)?以賽亞書》第2章第4 節(jié)他們要將刀打成犁頭，把長矛制成鐮刀;這國不 舉刀攻擊那國，他們也不再學習戰(zhàn)事。” (They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they team war any more. Isaiah 2:4) plowshares 有時又作 ploughshares。