chalice是什么意思？

chalice

英[ˈtʃælɪs] 美[ˈtʃælɪs]

• n. 高脚酒杯，圣餐杯，金杯毒酒，看似诱人实则令人讨厌的事物；

复数：chalices;

例句

• Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. 命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。 ——Richard Nixon美国总统尼克松
• Our destiny offers not the cup of despair , but the chalice of opportunity . (Richard Nixon, American President ) 命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。(美国总统 尼克松 . R.)
• Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. So let us seize it, not in fear, but in gladness. -- R.M. Nixon 命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。因此，梦颐呛廖薹惧，满心愉悦地把握命？- 尼克松
• He inherited a poisoned chalice when he took over the job as union leader. 他接手工会领导职务,看似风光,实则会给他带来很多麻烦.
• He does not regard his new job as a poisoned chalice. 他并不认为自己的新工作是金杯毒酒。
• Some people even claimed that he appointed his political rival only in the belief that he was giving him a poisoned chalice and that he would not last more than a year. 有人甚至说，他之所以任命自己的政治对手，是因为他知道所给的职位是杯诱人的毒酒，接受者肯定撑不过一年。
• He does not regard his new job as a poisoned chalice... 他并不认为自己的新工作是金杯毒酒。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  (基督教圣餐礼上所用的)圣餐杯，圣杯
  A chalice is a large gold or silver cup with a stem. Chalices are used to hold wine in the Christian service of Holy Communion.
• PHRASE
  金杯毒酒(指看似诱人、实则只会导致失败的工作或机会)
  If you refer to a job or an opportunity as a poisoned chalice, you mean that it seems to be very attractive but you believe it will lead to failure.
  例句
  He does not regard his new job as a poisoned chalice... 他并不认为自己的新工作是金杯毒酒。 Some people even claimed that he appointed his political rival only in the belief that he was giving him a poisoned chalice and that he would not last more than a year. 有人甚至说，他之所以任命自己的政治对手，是因为他知道所给的职位是杯诱人的毒酒，接受者肯定撑不过一年。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  金杯毒酒；看似诱人实则令人讨厌的事物
  He inherited a poisoned chalice when he took over the job as union leader. 他接手工会领导职务,看似风光,实则会给他带来很多麻烦。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup