以儆效尤yǐ jǐng xiào yóuas a warning to others;so as to deter anyone from committing the same mistake (/sin/crime); warn others against fol lowing a bad example
? 我以為各人均應(yīng)先打屁股百下，～。(魯迅《準(zhǔn)風(fēng)月談·文床秋夢》) In my opinion,first of all each should be beaten on the buttocks hundred times in order to warn against bad examples. 以儆效尤yǐ jǐnɡ xiào yóu以：用；儆：告誡，警告；尤：過失，錯誤。效尤：學(xué)著做壞事。拿嚴(yán)肅處理壞人壞事的辦法來告誡那些學(xué)做壞事的人。make an example of sb., as a warning to others, warn others against following a bad example |