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

• 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。
• 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。
• Perjury, the Sword of Damocles, put China's lawyers in a dilemma
  对于像律师这样的聪明人来说，绕开职业陷阱也并非易事，伪证这个悬在头顶上的达摩克利斯之剑让转轨时期的中国律师行业面临两难
• 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。
• A senior French official said the plan, which has backing from the European Commission in Brussels as well as several other eurozone countries, was a way of "removing the Damocles sword of default" while keeping pressure on Athens to reform.
  一位法国高官表示，该方案得到了布鲁塞尔欧盟委员会（europeancommission）和其他几个欧元区国家的支持，是一条“取下违约的达摩克利斯之剑”、同时对希腊保持改革压力的途径。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。