英语释义

• 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)

片语

sword of damocles达摩克利斯之剑；临头的危险

Sword Damocles如达摩克里斯神剑

Damocles Necklace施华洛世奇项链

Damocles Ring施华洛世奇戒指

Th Sword of Damocles达摩克利斯剑

Sword of Damocles达摩克利斯之剑；临头的危险

Damocles Sword达摩克利斯之剑

a Sword of Damocles达摩克利斯之剑

Damocles Index达摩克里斯指数

英汉例句

• Damocles looked up and saw that the sword when alarmed.

  达摩克利斯抬头望见这把利剑时，大惊失色。

• Nuclear weapons, the Sword of Damocles that hangs over mankind, should be completely prohibited and thoroughly destroyed over time to make the world free of nuclear weapons.

  核武器是悬在人类头上的「达摩克利斯之剑」，应该全面禁止并最终彻底销毁，实现无核世界。

• As such, question marks will remain suspended like Swords of Damocles over the heads of Banks in the periphery of the Eurozone.

  尽管如此，对欧元区边缘国家银行的担忧仍然像高悬着的达摩克里斯之剑。

• 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。

• Secondary mortgage loan becomes the sword of Damocles which hung on the top of American finance market.

  次级抵押贷款变成了高悬美国金融市场头顶的达摩克利斯之剑。

• Once in the sun holding a sword of Damocles over practicing.

  有一次，他们在阳光下各持一把剑练习着。

• Industry sources here said the Lockheed Sniper pod, Damocles and a possible British/French development could be among the options.

  业界称，洛·马的「狙击手」吊舱、Damocles吊舱和另一种英国/法国开发吊舱均为可选项。目前。

• The sea is now a sword of Damocles over the head of the Japanese people.

  海正一把达摩克利斯剑头上的日本人。

• 「Shelving the carbon tax is a must. It is hanging like a sword of Damocles over business and households, killing confidence.」

  将碳税提上架是志在必行了，就像挂了一把达摩克利斯之剑在商家和业主头上，扼杀自信。

• If the use of this compulsory measures lack of effective procedural safeguards and supervision, the operation may become a sword of Damocles which can threat the civil 'right and freedom at any time.

  如果这项强制措施的运用缺乏有效的监督制约及程序保障措施，其运作就可能成为达摩克利斯之剑，随时威胁公民的权力和自由。

• Sword of Damocles, originated from the Greek legend of Damocles is the tyrant Dionysius Ist of Syracuse (formerly 430-367) of the minions.

  达摩克利斯剑，源出希腊传说，达摩克利斯是叙拉古僭主迪奥尼修斯一世(前430—367)的宠臣。

• 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。