tear a body limb from limb by five horses -- a form of death sentence in ancient times
Example Sentences:
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Thus under the dictates of heaven you are to be drawn and quartered 因此根据上天旨意,你将被淹死和五马分尸
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Thus under the dictates of heaven you are to be drawn and quartered 因此根据上天旨意,你将被淹死和五马分尸
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You will be torn to pieces 你会被五马分尸
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You will be torn to pieces 你会被五马分尸
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Had we lost the war , they would have been hanged , beheaded , drawn and quartered , 如果战争失败了,他们会被绞死砍头,淹死,五马分尸
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Chang s splendid physical specimen is often subject to a regime of trials : chops and cuts , tortures , quartering and disembowelment , wreathing in pain and blood before they finally die 他们又经常捱斩受酷刑五马分尸盘肠大战,血淋淋地痛苦挣扎,而至死亡。
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It reveals that the princess believed that the duke of edinburgh wanted her dead and that she would end up “ chopped ” like mary , queen of scots , or declared unbalanced after a car crash in which she would be seriously injured 报告还表明戴安娜王妃相信爱丁堡公爵希望她死,她会落得像苏格兰女王玛丽一样“五马分尸”的下场,或是在一场车祸中严重受伤后被宣称精神失常。
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" yes , if he be poor and inexperienced , not if he be rich and skilful ; besides , the worst that could happen to him would be the punishment of which we have already spoken , and which the philanthropic french revolution has substituted for being torn to pieces by horses or broken on the wheel “是的,假如他既没有钱又没有经验是会这样的,但假如他有钱又有技巧,则就不然了。而且,即使他受到惩罚,最坏也不过是我们已经说过的那一种罢了,而博爱的法国大革命又代替了五马分尸或车轮辗死。