Achilles heel
英 [əˌkɪliːz ˈhiːl]
美 [əˌkɪliːz ˈhiːl]
n. 致命弱点; 致命的缺陷
牛津词典
noun
- 致命弱点；致命的缺陷
a weak point or fault in sb's character, which can be attacked by other people
柯林斯词典
- N-SING 阿喀琉斯的脚踵；致命弱点
Someone'sAchilles heelis the weakest point in their character or nature, where it is easiest for other people to attack or criticize them.- Horton's Achilles heel was that he could not delegate.
霍顿的软肋在于他不懂得放权。
- Horton's Achilles heel was that he could not delegate.
双语例句
- Its failure to create the conditions for the emergence of a political class is the achilles heel of Hong Kong's system.
它未能创造条件，促成政治阶层的形成，这是香港体制的致命弱点。 - Is being a woman a source of strength in politics – or an Achilles heel?
在政治中，女性身份到底是一个长处，还是一个软肋？ - Marketing and advertising could be the "Achilles Heel" in China's automotive dream.
行销与广告可能是中国汽车梦想的“要害”。 - Achilles heel means the vulnerable place or fatal weakness.
比喻易受伤害的地方或致命弱点。 - His Achilles Heel is braking; he has to have a car with good braking stability and suffers if he doesn't get it.
他的命门是刹车，他的赛车需要有相当稳定的刹车系统，如果没有他就会昂倒了。 - Delegating is so critically important that for many aspiring managers it literally becomes their Achilles Heel& their fatal weak spot that can make or break their careers.
委派工作对于领导者来说极为重要，它甚至成了很多有理想、有抱负的经理人的阿喀琉斯之踵，可能成就、也可能毁掉一个经理人的事业。 - Ben Willmott, of the CIPD, said: Leadership and management capability continues to be an Achilles heel for UK plc, despite mounting evidence that these are skills for growth essentials.
英国特许人事与发展协会的本•威尔默特说：尽管大量证据表明领导能力和管理能力是经济增长的要素，然而这两方面的能力对英国上市有限公司而言依然是个软肋。 - This is the Achilles heel of market economies.
这是市场经济的致命弱点。 - The dark's true Achilles heel is the torpedoed monetary system which is on its last legs.
黑暗势力的真实弱点是他们的货币系统。 - For despite the dull-as-ditchwater reputation, the sector has an Achilles heel: unlike bank accounts, money market funds are not covered by any deposit insurance, and investors can redeem their money at will.
原因在于，尽管享有呆若死水的名声，但货币市场基金业有一个阿喀琉斯之踵：与银行账户存款不同，货币市场基金没有任何存款保险为其提供担保，投资者还可随时赎回。