英语词汇leonine contract的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

leonine contract. Aesop’s fable about the lion who hunted with several other animals has the lion claiming all the spoils of the hunt. One-quarter of the spoils he claimed as king of beasts; a second quarter because he was braver than any other animal; a third for his mate and cubs; “and as for the fourth, let him who will dispute it with me.” Another version of the tale has the lion saying the last share belongs to everyone, “But touch it if you dare!” In any event, from “The Lion and His Fellow- Hunters” derives our term a leonine contract, “a completely one-sided agreement,” and a lion’s share, “the largest portion of anything.”

词汇	leonine contract
词源	leonine contract. Aesop’s fable about the lion who hunted with several other animals has the lion claiming all the spoils of the hunt. One-quarter of the spoils he claimed as king of beasts; a second quarter because he was braver than any other animal; a third for his mate and cubs; “and as for the fourth, let him who will dispute it with me.” Another version of the tale has the lion saying the last share belongs to everyone, “But touch it if you dare!” In any event, from “The Lion and His Fellow- Hunters” derives our term a leonine contract, “a completely one-sided agreement,” and a lion’s share, “the largest portion of anything.”
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