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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。
    • Damocles loved wealth and pleasure and envied the life of his master.
      他沉湎酒色.醉心财富,妒忌其主人的生活。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • The likelihood of lay-offs has been a sword of Damocles over the department for months.
      部门可能要裁员的消息让这几个月来每个人都提心吊胆。
    • In addition, the 306 item of "crime arising from the vindicator, lawsuits agent's participation in fraudulence of evidences" defined in the state's criminal law has become the "sword of Damocles" over the head of lawyer.
      而刑法第306条规定的“辩护人、诉讼代理人帮助伪造证据罪”更是悬在律师头上的“达摩克利斯之剑”。
    • As the most serious threat in the human society, nuclear war is just like a Damocles Sword always hanging above the earth.
      作为人类社会面临的最大威胁,核战争犹如达摩克利斯之剑始终悬于地球之上。
    • These bills now hang over people like the Sword of Damocles.
      现在这些债务就像达摩克利斯之剑一样悬在人们头上。
    • And so, the next day, Damocles was led into the palace, and all the servants were bidden to treat him as their master.
      于是第二天,达摩克里斯就被带进了宫殿。所有的仆人都遵照命令,把他当作主人看待。