中文詞源

Damocles達(dá)摩克利斯之劍

來(lái)自古希臘城邦Syracuse的大臣Damocles，他很羨慕他的國(guó)王Dionysius的權(quán)力和生活，Dionysius知道后，一次在宴會(huì)上安排他坐在主座，但是在他的頭上懸掛著一根頭發(fā)絲系的長(zhǎng)劍，并告誡他不要只看到國(guó)王輝煌的表相，卻沒(méi)有看到背后的危險(xiǎn)。其字面意思為damos, 人民，詞源同demotic. -kles,名聲，詞源同listen, incline.

詞組搭配

The Sword of Damocles達(dá)摩克利斯之劍；將臨的危險(xiǎn)；臨頭的危險(xiǎn)；達(dá)摩克利斯劍

Th Sword of Damocles達(dá)摩克利斯劍

Sword of Damocles達(dá)摩克利斯之劍；達(dá)摩克利斯劍

Damocles Sword達(dá)摩克利斯之劍；達(dá)摩克勒斯之劍

Sword Damocles如達(dá)摩克里斯神劍

Damocles Ring施華洛世奇戒指

Damocles' sword達(dá)摩克里斯

Damocles Necklace施華洛世奇項(xiàng)鏈

Damocles Index達(dá)摩克里斯指數(shù)

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. As a Grand Prix driver, you have the Sword of Damocles hanging over your head at every moment.

漢作為國(guó)際汽車(chē)大獎(jiǎng)賽的車(chē)手，隨時(shí)都有可能發(fā)生事故。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. The college entrance examination is like a sword of Damocles.

漢高考就像是一把達(dá)摩克里斯的利劍高懸的這些學(xué)生頭上.

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3. Unemployment, like the sword of Damocles, was always accompanying the workers.

漢失業(yè)猶如達(dá)摩克里斯劍, 隨時(shí)都在威脅著工人.

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4. That is like the sword of Damocles over his head.

漢那事仿佛利劍懸在他的頭上,使他恐懼不安.

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5. The author holds that information disclosure is the Damocles sword of franchising.

漢筆者認(rèn)為,信息披露是特許經(jīng)營(yíng)中的“達(dá)摩克里斯之劍”.

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英英釋義

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)