| 释义 |
Examples:means of transportation —bribery as a means of achieving a goal—ownership of the means of production (in Marxism)—execute by means of impalement—smear one's lips with the blood of a sacrifice as a means of pledging allegiance (old)—different routes the same destination (idiom); fig. different means of achieve the same end—operate by means of a pedal—lit. break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat—facilitate by means of bribery—gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure [idiom.]— |