汉英词典
MEANING OF 马革裹尸
马革裹尸
(馬革裹屍)
to be buried in a horse hide (idiom) / to give one's life on the battlefield
马革 Mapi / Wrap the body in horse hides / Refers to the heroic sacrifice on the battlefield
用马皮包裹尸体。指英勇奋战，死于战场。语出《东观汉记·马援传》男儿要当死于边野，以马革裹尸还葬耳，何能卧床上，在儿女子手中邪?”
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也不仅仅是金戈铁马，马革裹尸滴中。 It's more than horses, drops to die. | ||
只解沙场为国死，何须马革裹尸还。 A solution for the country to die in battle, also died. | ||
对一肚子怀疑的英国公众想知道本国士兵究竟是为何而马革裹尸。 In Britain, a sceptical public wonders what its soldiers are dying for. | ||
没有”马革裹尸还“（1941）这种列表就不会完整，史学家把这部电影列为不符合史实的典型。 No list of this kind would be complete without "They Died with Their Boots On" (1941), which film historians cite as the quintessential historically inaccurate film. | ||
正如作者所写的，这种曲解还出现在了有关库斯特的影视当中，从拉乌尔?沃尔什拍摄的《马革裹尸还》（1941）中高尚的英雄，到亚瑟?佩恩所摄的《小大人》（1970）中癫狂的疯子。 This also happens, as the author notes, in films where Custer, a noble hero in Raoul Walsh's "They Died With Their Boots On" (1941), becomes a deranged maniac in Arthur Penn's "Little Big Man" (1970). | ||
