might makes right
短语成王败寇
发音
US
/ˈmaɪ̯t meɪ̯ks ˈɹaɪ̯t/
别名
might is right
释义与例句
prov.
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1.
What is right or wrong is determined by power and strength; power justifies itself.
成王败寇
成者为王，败者为寇
败者为寇
强权即公理
词源
Inherited from Middle English might is right, first attested in the 14th century. The concept is expressed by various classical authors; a similar argument is notably attributed to Thrasymachus by Plato in the Republic 340a (in Paul Shorey’s translation, “the advantage of the stronger is just”).
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