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.
  1. Horton's Achilles heel was that he could not delegate.
     霍顿的软肋在于他不懂得放权。

双语例句

• 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。
• A deepening of the European crisis won't leave China unscathed. But exposure to Europe won't prove China's Achilles heel.
  欧债危机的继续深化不会令中国毫发无损，但对欧洲存在风险敞口并非中国的致命要害。
• English is my Achilles heel.
  英文是我的罩门。
• 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。
• But could it be the Achilles heel of the financial markets?
  然而，CDS是否会是金融市场的阿珂琉斯之踵？
• 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。
• 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 key to all this is to recognise that private, not public, finance, has been the Achilles heel of the system.
  所有这一切的关键在于，要认识到欧元区的阿喀琉斯之踵不是公共金融，而是私人金融。
• 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。
• 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。