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

• 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。
• The key to all this is to recognise that private, not public, finance, has been the Achilles heel of the system.
  所有这一切的关键在于，要认识到欧元区的阿喀琉斯之踵不是公共金融，而是私人金融。
• This is the Achilles heel of market economies.
  这是市场经济的致命弱点。
• They bruised the Achilles heel of him.
  他们击中了他惟一致命的弱点。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Achilles heel of the Australian economy today is that, although its structure is geared to international trade, its participation in trade has declined.
  澳大利亚今天经济中的阿可琉斯的后脚跟是：虽然它在不断的参与世界贸易，但是它在世界贸易的地为已经下降。注。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。