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Buridan's ass

  • n. 优柔寡断之人

网络释义英英释义

短语

Buridan's ass 布里丹之驴 ; 布里丹的驴子 ; 优柔寡断的人

Buridan's ass

  • abstract: Political cartoon c. 1900, showing the [[United States Congress as Buridan's ass (the two hay piles version), hesitating between a Panama route or a Nicaragua route for an Atlantic-Pacific canal.

以上来源于: WordNet

 柯林斯英汉双解大词典 

Buridan's ass /ˈbjʊərɪdənz/

  • 1. 

    N an example intended to show the deficiency of reason. An ass standing equidistant from two identical heaps of oats starves to death because reason provides no grounds for choosing to eat one rather than the other 布里丹之驴; 喻推理之缺陷 [philosophy]

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