释义
devote resources to peaceful rather than warlike ends
把刀剑打成耕犁；偃武修文。［ORIGIN with biblical allusion to Is. 2 4 and Mic.
双语例句
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It would have been unrealistic to expect a country like the United States to turn swords into ploughshares the moment the Cold War ended.
在冷战刚结束的时候，期望像美国的这样国家偃武修文是不现实的想法。