damocles meaning in English
n.
达摩克里斯 〔Syracuse 国王 Dionysius 的廷臣〕。 the sword of Damocles 即将临头的危险 〔Damocles 常说帝王多福， Dionysius 乃以一发悬剑，命他坐其下，以示帝王多危〕。
adj.
-clean
Examples
- The possibility of losing her job hung over her like a sword of damocles all last year .
去年她一直提心吊胆生怕失去工作。 - And so, the next day, damocles was led into the palace, and all the servants were bidden to treat him as their master .
于是第二天，达摩克里斯就被带进了宫殿。所有的仆人都遵照命令，把他当作主人看待。 - The possibility of being made redundant has been a sword of damocles hanging over me for several moths now
裁员的可能性好几个月来一直是我临头的危险。 - The remote control , that sword of consumer damocles , has been hanging over our collective head for over half a century now
遥控装置,消费者为雪城的国王摩克利斯之剑,一直在我们的集体头之上悬挂现在在半世纪之上。 - " the threat that the formal rules might be enforced is an ever - present sword of damocles over the foreigners and occasionally , as in this case , proves to be troublesome , " he said
“强制执行规定所带来的威胁永远是一把达摩克利斯之剑。但是做为一个案例，在短期内证明这种威胁，是相当棘手的。 ”