The president took up the cudgels in his acceptance speech.

总统在他的竞选提名演讲中极力为自己辩护。

Reason governs the wise man a cudgels the fool.

理智指导聪明人，而且打击愚蠢汉。

Reason governs the wise man and cudgels the fool.

译〕理智指导聪明人，而且打击愚蠢汉。

Reason governs the wise man and cudgels the fool.

理智管理智者，棒喝愚人。

There were four of them now. All were tall, dressed in long, brown coats, with round hats, and huge cudgels in their hands.

他们现在是四个人，个个都是高大个儿，穿着棕色长大衣，戴着圆边帽，手里拿着粗棍棒。

Severus gave the man a beating with cudgels, while his herald proclaimed: 'Let no plebeian embrace a legate of the Roman people with impunity.

赛维鲁命令将此人惩以杖责，而他的传令官宣布道：“没有哪位平民在拥抱罗马人民的副将时能够不受惩罚。”