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

• The Latin American debt, overhanging American banks like the sword of Damocles ( Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
  拉丁美洲的债务，犹如达摩克利斯剑一样威胁着美国诸银行（孝瑟M.施莱辛格）
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。