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Indira Gandhi "You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist"

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Indira Gandhi (1917-1984)

「緊握拳頭,不能與人握手。」英迪拉·普裡雅達希尼·甘地這句話,為「和平」下了一則漂亮的註腳。她分別擔任兩屆印度總理,在最後任期期間遇刺身亡。英迪拉·甘地是印度獨立後首任總理賈瓦哈拉爾·尼赫魯的女兒,分別擔任兩屆印度總理,是印度近代最為著名、同時備受爭議的政治人物之一。由於她領導印度期間的政治方針相當硬朗,故有「印度鐵娘子」之稱。

 

clench(常指堅決或生氣地)捏緊,握緊,咬緊
(verb 動詞)

例子:The old man clenched his fist and waved it angrily at us.
那老頭緊握著拳頭,氣哼哼地向我們揮舞著。

例子:With a knife clenched in/between his teeth, he climbed up the tree to cut some coconuts.
他嘴裡緊咬著一把刀,爬上樹去割椰子。

例子:Get out of here,” she said through clenched teeth.
「滾出去,」她咬牙切齒地說。