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 enemy's Achilles heel is his harbor defences.
敌人的弱点在其海港防御。 - Achilles heel means the vulnerable place or fatal weakness.
比喻易受伤害的地方或致命弱点。 - 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。 - They bruised the Achilles heel of him.
他们击中了他惟一致命的弱点。 - Housing is the Achilles heel of the recovery and Bernanke is not about to let borrowing costs move too far against him.
房地产市场是经济复苏的‘阿喀琉斯之踵’,伯南克不会让借贷成本违背他的意愿增长太高。 - 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。 - 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? - 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。 - 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。 - This is the Achilles heel of market economies.
这是市场经济的致命弱点。