Damocles是什么意思？

Damocles

英[ˈdæməkli:z] 美[ˈdæməˌkliz]

• n. 达摩克利斯，为叙拉古(Syracuse)暴君Dionysius的宠信；

例句

• 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.
• The college entrance examination is like a sword of Damocles. 高考就像是一把达摩克里斯的利剑高悬的这些学生头上.
• 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。

词组

• sword of Damocles
  used to refer to a precarious situation 达摩克利斯之剑；临头的危险

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• PHRASE
  达摩克利斯之剑;随时可能发生的危险
  If you say that someone has the Sword of Damocles hanging over their head, you mean that they are in a situation in which something very bad could happen to them at any time.
  例句
  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。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC)