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 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 newspaper reported that the army was very discontent and that this was a sword of Damocles hanging over the government.
  报纸上报道说军队有不满情绪，因此这是一把悬在政府头上的达摩克里斯剑。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 current imbalance of economic interests in China, is not only the obstacle to economic development, but also is "the sword of Damocles", as a treatment to social harmony and stability.
  当前我国经济利益关系失衡，不仅是生产力提升和经济发展的阻碍，而且是一柄威胁着社会和谐稳定的达摩克利斯之剑。
• 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）
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。