[subdue] 用威力使服从
镇服天下
我以为镇服了她。
I had her , I thought .
用讥讽的玫瑰镇服你的对手,较之用嘲弄的板斧将他剁砍或用谩骂的大头棒将他捶打,更为温文尔雅。
How much more elegant is it to slay your foe , with the roses of irony than to massacre him with the axes of sarcasm or to belabour him with the bludgeon of invective .