procrustean
/proh-kruhs-tee-uhn/US // proʊˈkrʌs ti ən //UK // (prəʊˈkrʌstɪən) //
老虎机,老虎凳,老人院,老虎钳
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- : tending to produce conformity by violent or arbitrary means.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inunsparing
Synonyms
ruthless残酷无情,残酷无情的,残酷的,严酷的abundant丰富的,丰富,充裕,丰富的内容bountiful丰收的,丰富的,丰饶的,富足的extravagant挥霍无度,奢侈的,挥霍浪费,奢华的free免费的,免费,自由的,自由giving给予,赋予,赠送,捐赠hard艰苦,艰难的,艰难,艰苦的inexorable无可阻挡的,不可阻挡的,无情的,无可阻挡liberal自由主义者,自由派,开放的,自由的munificent华美,华美的,壮观的,瑰丽openhanded张开手,敞手,敞手式,敞开式profuse大量的,丰富的,丰富多样的,繁茂的relentless不屈不挠的,不懈的,无情的,不屈不挠severe严重,严厉,严峻,严峻的ungrudging无怨无悔,无怨无悔的,无怨无悔地,无条件的unmerciful无情的,无情,残酷无情,残忍
Examples
Then by a Procrustean process he packs the complex and irregular facts into his scheme.
We then proceed to apply the Procrustean bed principle with the very acme of sang froid.
Young limbs will not always adjust themselves to the Procrustean bed.
It is an error to suppose that beauty must be racked on a procrustean bed of formula.
To him the judicial office was a Procrustean one of fitting each case to the legal bed, if necessary by a surgical operation.
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