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.- 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。
- As a Grand Prix driver, you have the Sword of Damocles hanging over your head at every moment.
双语例句
- 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。 - 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 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） - 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。 - 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。 - Unemployment, like the sword of Damocles, was always accompanying the workers.
失业犹如达摩克里斯剑，随时都在威胁着工人。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Bertram: It is. I've had the sword of Damocles hanging over me for months, and now I can finally relax.
伯群：没错，我已经提心吊胆好几个月了，现在终于可以放轻松了。