英語習語諺語成語用法精粹 文學名著類2-18 be hoist with one’s own petard

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【字面理解】被自己的炸藥吊起

【英文解析】to be injured by the device that someone intended to use to injure others

【中文解析】陷入自設的圈套，搬起石頭砸自己的腳;自食 其果

【典型例句】① He was hoist with his own petard when he was fined for accidentally breaking the rule he himself introduced.他無意中違反了他自己提出的規(guī)則，結(jié)果 要被罰錢，可謂作法自斃了。

② The criminal was hoist with his own petard when he tried to kill his wife，because he accidentally drank the poison that he intended to give to her.那個罪犯想要殺害自己的妻子，結(jié)果卻誤飲了本要毒害妻子.的毒藥，坤迄是自食其果。 -

【注釋】源于莎士比亞的戲劇《哈婢雷特》(Hamkt)： For, tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard.(開炮的要是給炮轟了，倒是一件好玩的事。) 變體：be hoist by/on one’s own petard