Damocles
/'dæmәkli:z/
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中文翻译
n. 达摩克利斯
英文解释
n. 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)
常见例句
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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)
相关词组
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将临的危险, 达摩克利斯之剑
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n. 将临的危险