出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第261页（230字）
惩罚一人来警诫其他人，例为使大家能遵守纪律，主管取一人开刀，希望收杀一儆百之效。
In order to make everyone abide by the regulations，the authorities punished one person as a warning to others of what could happen to them．