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

• It shows that China has already arrived when it can to aero-technology which was its achilles heel.
  他说明了中国已经掌握了黄金时期弱项的航空技术。
• 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？
• Delegating is so critically important that for many aspiring managers it literally becomes their Achilles Heel& their fatal weak spot that can make or break their careers.
  委派工作对于领导者来说极为重要，它甚至成了很多有理想、有抱负的经理人的阿喀琉斯之踵，可能成就、也可能毁掉一个经理人的事业。
• 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。
• The enemy's Achilles heel is his harbor defences.
  敌人的弱点在其海港防御。
• 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。
• They bruised the Achilles heel of him.
  他们击中了他惟一致命的弱点。
• 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？
• 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。
• A deepening of the European crisis won't leave China unscathed. But exposure to Europe won't prove China's Achilles heel.
  欧债危机的继续深化不会令中国毫发无损，但对欧洲存在风险敞口并非中国的致命要害。