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单词 procrustean bed
释义 procrustean bed
\“-\ noun
or pro·crus·tes bed \-(ˌ)stēz-\
Usage: often capitalized P
: something (as a system, policy, doctrine) into conformity with which or subservience to which someone or something is arbitrarily and often ruthlessly or violently forced
 < a Procrustean bed wherein the unsuspecting student would be cut or stretched to a preconceived pattern — Benjamin Fine >
 < might be broken by the implacable procrustes bed of government machinery — John Gunther >
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