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Damocles

英 [ˈdæməkliːz]

美 [ˈdæməkliːz]

n.  扎莫克利斯

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习惯用语

    n.

      a/the sword of Damocles
    • 达摩克利斯剑(喻指令人忧虑或畏惧的、随时可能降临的灾祸)
      a bad or unpleasant thing that might happen to you at any time and that makes you feel worried or frightened

    柯林斯词典

    • PHRASE 达摩克利斯之剑;随时可能发生的危险
      If you say that someone has theSword of Damocleshanging over their head, you mean that they are in a situation in which something very bad could happen to them at any time.
      1. As a Grand Prix driver, you have the Sword of Damocles hanging over your head at every moment.
        作为国际汽车大奖赛的车手,随时都有可能发生事故。

    双语例句

    • As a Grand Prix driver, you have the Sword of Damocles hanging over your head at every moment.
      作为国际汽车大奖赛的车手,随时都有可能发生事故。
    • The possibility of being made redundant has been a sword of Damocles hanging over me for several months now.
      裁员的可能性好几个月来一直使我大难临头的危险。
    • It is a sword of Damocles hanging over our heads and it is a fantastic handicap against our only competitor [ Boeing] in commercial aircraft.
      这是悬在我们头上的达摩克利斯之剑,面对商用飞机方面的唯一竞争对手(波音),这是一大障碍。
    • Article 306 of criminal law indicates restrictions of the right to criminal defense and discriminations to the defense so that it has been likened to the Damocles Sword which threatens to the defending lawyers at any moment.
      刑法第306条是对刑事辩护权的限制和对律师职业的歧视,它被形象地称为悬在辩护律师头上的一把达摩克利斯之剑。
    • A senior French official said the plan, which has backing from the European Commission in Brussels as well as several other eurozone countries, was a way of "removing the Damocles sword of default" while keeping pressure on Athens to reform.
      一位法国高官表示,该方案得到了布鲁塞尔欧盟委员会(europeancommission)和其他几个欧元区国家的支持,是一条“取下违约的达摩克利斯之剑”、同时对希腊保持改革压力的途径。
    • The students 'next goal is to be enrolled in a university. The college entrance examination is like a sword of Damocles.
      这些学生的下一个目标便是考上大学。高考就像是一把达摩克里斯的利剑高悬的这些学生头上。
    • Perjury, the Sword of Damocles, put China's lawyers in a dilemma
      对于像律师这样的聪明人来说,绕开职业陷阱也并非易事,伪证这个悬在头顶上的达摩克利斯之剑让转轨时期的中国律师行业面临两难
    • The threat, hanging like the sword of Damocles over the head of the members, was meant to get their attention.
      评级下调威胁就如同达摩克利斯之剑悬在成员国的头顶,意在引起相关国家的注意。
    • Today, peace and development have become the prevailing trend, but the world is far from tranquil. War is the sword of Damocles that still hangs over mankind.
      今天,和平与发展已经成为时代主题,但世界仍很不太平,战争的达摩克利斯之剑依然悬在人类头上。
    • However, video-sharing websites are faced with copyright problems since the inception. The copyright issues have become "Sword of Damocles" to the websites developments.
      然而,白视频分享网站诞生以来,就一直面临版权问题的困扰,版权问题成为伴随其发展的达摩克利斯之剑。