| 释义 |
Draˈconian, a.
[f. as Draconic + -ian.]
= Draconic 1, 2.
1876C. M. Davies Unorth. Lond. 97 The Swedenborgian rubrics are not so Draconian. 1877D. M. Wallace Russia xiii. 206 Refraining from all Draconian legislation. 1880Daily Tel. 10 Nov., In the course of one of these draconian performances..the mummer's tail came off.
Hence Draˈconianism.
1819Gifford in Smiles J. Murray I. 404, I never much admired the vaunt of Draconianism, ‘And all this I dare do, because I dare’. |