词汇 | sword-of-damocles |
释义 | sword of Damoclesidiom If you have a sword of Damocles hanging over you/your head, something bad seems very likely to happen to you: 达摩克利斯剑(比喻随时可能发生的祸事) The threat of a cut in funding is hanging over the Opera House like a sword of Damocles.政府威胁说要削减预算,这就好像是一把悬在歌剧院上方的达摩克利斯剑。 Fate and destiny align break Damocles destined destiny fatalism fate fated ill-fated ill-starred in the lap of the godsidiom lap lightning luckless predestination predestined preordain providence sword written in the starsidiom |
随便看 |
|
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。