The Accused, by virtue of having used it in their catalog, have imposed a particular awkward and odious pattern format on the software community, which has proven to be something of a Procrustean Bed.(被告，通過采用在他們的類別中使用，對軟件社團強加了一個難用和令人不爽的模式格式，被證實是普羅克汝斯忒斯之床。)

Those strict proprieties of the old days are now regarded as a Procrustean bed.(那些老規矩現在被認為是普洛克·路斯·特斯之床。)

I did not put forth the plan as a Procrustean bed, to which exact conformity is to be indispensable.(我提出這項計劃不是要一刀切讓大家必須遵守的。)

Never stiffen your idea and never act in a Procrustean way for the stale regulations and queer ideas.(千萬不要固執你的行為，不要為了那僵硬的臭規矩、怪理念，削足適履。)

The martinet governed his classroom with procrustean discipline, assigning a week's detention to all offenders, no matter what the offense.(紀律嚴肅的人用強求一致的訓導支配他的教室，分配一個星期內拘留所有的罪犯，無論如何進攻。)

This phrasal implied meaning in accordance with the Chinese language procrustean method similar is demand/ the not reasonable request handles affairs according to same standard.(這個成語的寓意和漢語削足適履一樣是強求一致/不合理的要求按照同一標準辦事。)

They can neither normalize all scientific subjects with physics science, act in a Procrustean way.(也不可削足適履，以“物理科學”觀，規范所有的科學學科。)

Yeah, I see. I'll not place all of them on Procrustean bed.(我知道。我不會對他們要求一致的。)