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
- 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。 - Horton's Achilles heel was that he could not delegate.
霍顿的软肋在于他不懂得放权。 - 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。 - Expensive and problem-prone gearboxes have always been the Achilles heel of conventional Wind Turbines.
昂贵和容易出现问题的变速箱，一直是常规风力涡轮机的致命弱点。 - 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。 - 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。 - They bruised the Achilles heel of him.
他们击中了他惟一致命的弱点。 - A month ago before the market convulsions that precipitated a government intervention to save Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley a top Wall Street banker pinpointed the Achilles heel of the business model of standalone investment banks.
一个月前，也就是这波促使政府出手拯救高盛（goldmansachs）和摩根士丹利（morganstanley）的市场动荡出现之前，一位华尔街顶级银行家准确指出了独立投行业务模式的致命弱点。 - 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。 - English is my Achilles heel.
英文是我的罩门。