As it happened, even AIG’s rescue did not stop the bloodletting. 一旦這種後果産生，即使拯救AIG也不能停止這次大放血。
Bloodletting and leeches were once the normal way of treating most illnesses until smart people started questioning the practice. 放血和用水蛭吸血一度是治療病患的常用方式，直到聰明人開始質(zhì)疑這一做法。
His doctor prescribed starvation and bloodletting, which only exaggerated his symptoms. 毉生給他開的処方是飢餓療法和放血療法，結(jié)果卻衹是加劇了他的癥狀。
原聲例句
The great power struggles of the eighteenth century would be very different than this bloodletting of civilians that had preceded it. 十八世紀,強國之間的戰(zhàn)爭,完全不同於先前平民的流血沖突 耶魯公開課 - 歐洲文明課程節(jié)選
權(quán)威例句
You'd expect the Wall Street analyst covering the fleam industry to be bullish about therapeutic bloodletting. FORBES: Marlboro Man
Unidentified Woman (Reporter): This past week in Iraq has seen a wave of bloodletting. NPR: Journalists Dodge Danger to Report on the Dead
The surgery he went in for was going to become as obsolete as bloodletting. NEWYORKER: Amundsen