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
- These are IMs and emails for me, but we all have our Achilles heel.
每个人都有弱点，对我来说是即时通信工具和邮件。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Marketing and advertising could be the "Achilles Heel" in China's automotive dream.
行销与广告可能是中国汽车梦想的“要害”。 - 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。 - 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。 - Achilles heel means the vulnerable place or fatal weakness.
比喻易受伤害的地方或致命弱点。 - 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？