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
- English is his Achilles heel.
英语是他的软肋。 - This has long been an achilles heel of the EC2 platform.
持久存储一直是EC2平台的一个薄弱环节。 - English is my Achilles heel.
英文是我的罩门。 - His Achilles Heel is braking; he has to have a car with good braking stability and suffers if he doesn't get it.
他的命门是刹车，他的赛车需要有相当稳定的刹车系统，如果没有他就会昂倒了。 - South Korea views its banks 'difficulties with meeting short-term foreign currency debt payments as its Achilles heel.
韩国认为其银行业的阿喀琉斯之踵在于难以满足短期外汇债务的偿债需求。 - Ben Willmott, of the CIPD, said: Leadership and management capability continues to be an Achilles heel for UK plc, despite mounting evidence that these are skills for growth essentials.
英国特许人事与发展协会的本•威尔默特说：尽管大量证据表明领导能力和管理能力是经济增长的要素，然而这两方面的能力对英国上市有限公司而言依然是个软肋。 - 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 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。 - So the living conditions of atomization and fragmentation become Achilles heel of peasants 'interest expression.
原子化、碎片化的生存状态，也因此成为了农民利益表达的阿喀琉斯之踵。 - 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。