lamb to the slaughter
英漢例句
- Mr. B didn't get the promotion because he was like a lamb to the slaughter.
先生沒有得到晉陞,因爲他是位溫順的大好人。 - When his time came, Kemmler went to the chair obligingly, like the proverbial lamb to the slaughter.
時間一到,凱姆勒如諺語中要被屠宰的羔羊一樣,就必須坐電椅。 - He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
他被欺壓,在受苦的時候卻不開口。 (或作他受欺壓卻自卑不開口)他像羊羔被牽到宰殺之地,又像羊在剪毛的人手下無聲,他也是這樣不開口。