这个犯人被处以斧钺.The criminal was sentenced to death by axe.《心理学原理》唐钺译, 商务印书馆1965年版.Principles of Psychology , vol. I , pp. 300 - 301.当和平谈判时, 他们会把所有的武器:斧钺勾叉,棍棒等全部掩埋.When negotiating peace, they buried all their weapons ; their ...
sent a gadfly送一只牛虻去It still remains to be seen whether Buchanan will be just a gadfly or a real threat to the president.布坎南只是故意搅局还是对总统构成真正的威胁，这还有待观察。Maybe Arthur had been a truly gadfly, flying happily in the sky.或许,亚瑟真的...