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

• Is being a woman a source of strength in politics – or an Achilles heel?
  在政治中，女性身份到底是一个长处，还是一个软肋？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• The dark's true Achilles heel is the torpedoed monetary system which is on its last legs.
  黑暗势力的真实弱点是他们的货币系统。
• 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。
• Horton's Achilles heel was that he could not delegate.
  霍顿的软肋在于他不懂得放权。
• So the living conditions of atomization and fragmentation become Achilles heel of peasants 'interest expression.
  原子化、碎片化的生存状态，也因此成为了农民利益表达的阿喀琉斯之踵。