damocles
英 ['dæməkli:z]
美
- n. 达摩克利斯(叙拉古暴君迪奥尼修斯的诌臣)
英英释义
- 1. the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC)
词组搭配
sword of Damocles
used to refer to a precarious situation
达摩克利斯之剑;临头的危险
实用场景例句
- 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。
柯林斯例句
- The college entrance examination is like a sword of Damocles.
- 高考就像是一把达摩克里斯的利剑高悬的这些学生头上.
互联网
- 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.
互联网
- That is like the sword of Damocles over his head.
- 那事仿佛利剑悬在他的头上,使他恐惧不安.
互联网
- The author holds that information disclosure is the Damocles sword of franchising.
- 笔者认为,信息披露是特许经营中的“达摩克里斯之剑”.
互联网
- 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.
互联网
- SEE Sword of Damocles Subforum for more information.
- 见达摩克利斯之剑Subforum获取更多信息.
互联网
- 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.
互联网
- For consumers, this is hanging over their heads on the sword of Damocles.
- 对消费者而言, 这无疑是悬在头顶上的达摩克利斯之剑.
互联网
中文词源
Damocles 达摩克利斯之剑
来自古希腊城邦Syracuse的大臣Damocles,他很羡慕他的国王Dionysius的权力和生活,Dionysius知道后,一次在宴会上安排他坐在主座,但是在他的头上悬挂着一根头发丝系的长剑,并告诫他不要只看到国王辉煌的表相,却没有看到背后的危险。其字面意思为damos, 人民,词源同demotic. -kles,名声,词源同listen, incline.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The college entrance examination is like a sword of Damocles.
- 高考就像是一把达摩克里斯的利剑高悬的这些学生头上.
来自互联网
- 3. 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.
来自互联网
- 4. That is like the sword of Damocles over his head.
- 那事仿佛利剑悬在他的头上,使他恐惧不安.
来自互联网
- 5. The author holds that information disclosure is the Damocles sword of franchising.
- 笔者认为,信息披露是特许经营中的“达摩克里斯之剑”.
来自互联网
英文词源
- Damocles
- courtier of Dionysius I, tyrant of Syracuse; his name in Greek means literally "fame of the people," from demos, damos "people" (see demotic) + -kles "fame," a common ending in Greek proper names (as in Sophocles, Pericles), from PIE *klew-es, from root *kleu- "to hear" (see listen). To teach Damocles how a tyrant lives, Dionysius seated him at a banquet with a sword suspended above his head by a single hair.