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
- 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。 - 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。 - The Achilles heel of the Australian economy today is that, although its structure is geared to international trade, its participation in trade has declined.
澳大利亚今天经济中的阿可琉斯的后脚跟是:虽然它在不断的参与世界贸易,但是它在世界贸易的地为已经下降。注。 - Expensive and problem-prone gearboxes have always been the Achilles heel of conventional Wind Turbines.
昂贵和容易出现问题的变速箱,一直是常规风力涡轮机的致命弱点。 - English is my Achilles heel.
英文是我的罩门。 - The enemy's Achilles heel is his harbor defences.
敌人的弱点在其海港防御。 - The paper suggests that botnets'command and control mechanism may be their Achilles heel.
该文件提出僵尸网络的指挥和控制机制可能是其致命弱点。 - These are IMs and emails for me, but we all have our Achilles heel.
每个人都有弱点,对我来说是即时通信工具和邮件。 - A month ago before the market convulsions that precipitated a government intervention to save Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley a top Wall Street banker pinpointed the Achilles heel of the business model of standalone investment banks.
一个月前,也就是这波促使政府出手拯救高盛(goldmansachs)和摩根士丹利(morganstanley)的市场动荡出现之前,一位华尔街顶级银行家准确指出了独立投行业务模式的致命弱点。 - Mechanized maize harvest is the Achilles heel in the completely mechanized maize production and it a major researched area in China's agricultural mechanization.
玉米收获机械化是玉米全程机械化的薄弱环节,也是目前我国农业机械化的主攻方向,各地正在积极采取措施以提高玉米机械化水平。