Destroy the lion while he is yet but a whelp.
杀狮应在幼小时。
英文谚语 3120 句（一）
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📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
vt. 破坏，摧毁;消灭，歼灭（敌人）;杀死;使失败;
💡 de坏+stroy=struct建造 → 毁坏，破坏
"It is proverbially easier to destroy than to construct."
谁都知道破坏容易建设难.
近义：shatter, impair, kill, mar, obliterate, rack
反义：mend, refit, repair, service, tinker
n. 狮子;名人;[天文学、占星术]狮子（星）座;勇士，名流;
💡 狐狸(li)骑在(on) 狮子身上
"The lion's claws had gouged a wound in the horse's side."
狮爪在马身一侧抓了一道深口。
近义：heavy, hotshot, mogul, nabob, notable, personage
whelp
[hwelp]
n. 幼兽，小狗;
v. 下崽;
"That is the sole consideration which can make him endure the whelp."
就是这唯一的动机才使他能容忍这个小狗仔.
近义：pup, puppy, cub, miscreant, rapscallion, rascal