Achilles heel

英 [əˌkɪliːz ˈhiːl]

美 [əˌkɪliːz ˈhiːl]

n.  致命弱点; 致命的缺陷

牛津词典

noun

• 致命弱点；致命的缺陷
  a weak point or fault in sb's character, which can be attacked by other people

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 阿喀琉斯的脚踵；致命弱点
  Someone'sAchilles heelis the weakest point in their character or nature, where it is easiest for other people to attack or criticize them.
  1. Horton's Achilles heel was that he could not delegate.
     霍顿的软肋在于他不懂得放权。

双语例句

• This has long been an achilles heel of the EC2 platform.
  持久存储一直是EC2平台的一个薄弱环节。
• The enemy's Achilles heel is his harbor defences.
  敌人的弱点在其海港防御。
• They bruised the Achilles heel of him.
  他们击中了他惟一致命的弱点。
• English is my Achilles heel.
  英文是我的罩门。
• The Achilles heel of the Australian economy today is that, although its structure is geared to international trade, its participation in trade has declined.
  澳大利亚今天经济中的阿可琉斯的后脚跟是：虽然它在不断的参与世界贸易，但是它在世界贸易的地为已经下降。注。
• Delegating is so critically important that for many aspiring managers it literally becomes their Achilles Heel& their fatal weak spot that can make or break their careers.
  委派工作对于领导者来说极为重要，它甚至成了很多有理想、有抱负的经理人的阿喀琉斯之踵，可能成就、也可能毁掉一个经理人的事业。
• Its failure to create the conditions for the emergence of a political class is the achilles heel of Hong Kong's system.
  它未能创造条件，促成政治阶层的形成，这是香港体制的致命弱点。
• Achilles heel means the vulnerable place or fatal weakness.
  比喻易受伤害的地方或致命弱点。
• Horton's Achilles heel was that he could not delegate.
  霍顿的软肋在于他不懂得放权。
• A month ago before the market convulsions that precipitated a government intervention to save Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley a top Wall Street banker pinpointed the Achilles heel of the business model of standalone investment banks.
  一个月前，也就是这波促使政府出手拯救高盛（goldmansachs）和摩根士丹利（morganstanley）的市场动荡出现之前，一位华尔街顶级银行家准确指出了独立投行业务模式的致命弱点。