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
- 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”。 - 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。 - This has long been an achilles heel of the EC2 platform.
持久存储一直是EC2平台的一个薄弱环节。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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？ - South Korea views its banks 'difficulties with meeting short-term foreign currency debt payments as its Achilles heel.
韩国认为其银行业的阿喀琉斯之踵在于难以满足短期外汇债务的偿债需求。 - 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。 - Horton's Achilles heel was that he could not delegate.
霍顿的软肋在于他不懂得放权。