The opposite, and this is not in our lesson, of course, but I thought of the phrase highway robbery.

相反，当然这不在我程中，但我想到一个词组叫“拦路”。

If a place is charging you way too much money to do a certain activity, we might call that highway robbery.

如果某个地方为某项活动向你索取过高费用，我可能会称之为“拦路” 。

But will such a criticism bring any comfort to the highwayman?

但这样批评会给拦路人带来任何安慰吗？

A large number of prisoners were habitual offenders of theft and highway robbery.

2）大量犯人是盗窃、拦路惯犯。

As for the Saturday Half-Holiday Movement, that was little better than Highway Robbery.

至于周六半天假， 那简直拦路没什么两样。

There's two people that come up and they like waylay you and they act like they're like city guards.

有两个人过来，像拦路一样拦住你，还装作是城市守卫。

There was a great fear of highwaymen in those days and the guard and driver of the Dover mail were anxious.

那时候非常害怕遇到拦路强盗， 多佛邮车护卫车夫都显得很紧张。

That combination which comprises a dark knight, a highwayman armed and hatted to the teeth, and myself may be a purely fortuitous one.

由一个黑骑士、一个武装到牙齿并戴着帽子拦路犯，以及我组成这个组合，可能纯粹是偶然。

But I, listen up, just to make you suffer, I rather want to become a highway-robber and murderer, and go to hell, than to become like you!

但我告诉你，为了让你痛苦，我宁愿去做个拦路杀人犯，下地狱，也不愿变得像你一样！

She indeed inclined to the idea that, in some way, the French were connected with the small thefts, which were ascertained facts, and the burglaries and highway robberies, which were rumours.

她确实倾向于有这样一种想法，即法国人在某种程度上与小偷小摸行为有关，这已被证实了，也与入室盗窃拦路有关，这倒是传闻。

" Five attempts have been made. Twice burglars in my pay ransacked her house. Once we diverted her luggage when she travelled. Twice she has been waylaid. There has been no result."

“我已经试过五次了。有两次我出钱雇小偷搜遍了她房子。一次她在旅行时我调换了她行李。还有两次我对她进行了拦路。可是都一无所获。”

As for the faithful old Book-Keeper who wanted an increase to $9 and a week's Vacation in the Summer, the best he got was a little Talk about Contentment being a Jewel.

至于那位忠心耿耿老会计， 想要涨到9美元薪水夏天一周假期， 得到最好回应不过是关于“知足是宝” 一番说教。对来说，一天中最悲伤时刻是傍晚6点全体下班时候。 把10小时称为一整天似乎是一种耻辱。 至于周六半天假运动， 那简直拦路没什么两样。 那些以前一起在船舱里辛苦劳作人， 现在不得不称呼为“先生” ，而则像对待囚犯一样给编号。

It's called a " stickup" or a " holdup" because the idea is that someone has a gun and tells everyone to " hold up" or " stick up" their hands in the air where the robbers can see them, so no one shoots the robbers.

这被称为“持枪”或“拦路”，因为意思是有人拿着枪，要求大家举起手来，让可以看到，这样就不会误伤到匪。