断头台 meaning in English
[政治学] guillotine; scaffold
Examples
- Within twenty-four hours he died on the guillotine .
不出24小时，他就要死在断头台上。 - If i quit you, it will only be to go to the scaffold .
我一离开你，就只能上断头台了。 - Even the condemned man is entitled to a last cigarette .
上断头台的人也可以吸最后一枝烟吧。 - John walked over to the sofa, holding himself as proudly beneath his father's furious eyes as a prince approaching the scaffold .
约翰骄傲地挺起胸脯，象王子走向断头台一样，在父亲愤怒的目光下，向沙发走去。 - "i'm afraid, after all, you won't have the pleasure of going gracefully to the guillotine here just now," mr. touchett went on .
“不过说到底，目前你恐怕还没有福气在这儿光荣地走上断头台呢，”杜歇先生说下去。