damocles是什么意思

2023-11-30 06:56:17

damocles

美[dæməkliːz] 英[dæməkliːz]

n. [希神]达摩克里斯(Syracuse的国王Dionysius的臣下)

Noun

the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC)

用作名词(n.)

The college entrance examination is like a sword of Damocles.高考就像是一把达摩克里斯的利剑高悬的这些学生头上。