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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• The Damocles sword of science and technology brought tremendous pleasure in giving the material life to the people, while brought the pople innumerable affliction from the serious deformities constrain to the unbridled development.
  从严重畸形地被压抑到放肆地发展，科学技术这柄达摩克里斯剑在给人们物质生活带来无限快感的同时，也给人们带来了无尽的痛苦。
• 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 magic of the assessment of student academic achievement makes the assessment become the sword of Damocles to schools, teachers, students and parents.
  为什么需要促进学习的课堂评价结果处理？学生学业成就评价的魔力，就像悬挂在学校、教师、学生和家长头上的达摩克利斯之剑。
• 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。
• 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。
• The students 'next goal is to be enrolled in a university. The college entrance examination is like a sword of Damocles.
  这些学生的下一个目标便是考上大学。高考就像是一把达摩克里斯的利剑高悬的这些学生头上。