汉英词典
MEANING OF 削足适履
削足适履
(削足適履)
to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed) / impractical or inelegant solution
适 adapt / 履 shoe / Because the shoes are small and large, cut off the feet to make up the size of the shoes / An unreasonable metaphor is to improvise or ignore specific conditions and make mechanical methods
削去脚的一部分使适合鞋子的尺码。比喻不合理地迁就原有条件或不顾具体情况的生搬硬套学习外地经验必须结合本地区的实际情况，切不可削足适履｜如果我们一模一样地抄了来用，那是削足适履。
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也不可削足适履，以“物理科学”观，规范所有的科学学科。 They can neither normalize all scientific subjects with physics science, act in a Procrustean way. | ||
我相信没有人会去削足适履，毕竟只有适合的东西才是好的。 I trust that none will stretch the seams in putting on the coat, for it may do good service to him whom it fits. | ||
合同相对性原则削足适履的做法，会不可避免地造成契约法的封闭化。 The principle of privity of contract will, inevitably cause the parochialism of contract law. | ||
千万不要固执你的行为，不要为了那僵硬的臭规矩、怪理念，削足适履。 Never stiffen your idea and never act in a Procrustean way for the stale regulations and queer ideas. | ||
