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

• 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”。
• Achilles heel means the vulnerable place or fatal weakness.
  比喻易受伤害的地方或致命弱点。
• The Achilles heel of this economy – ironically – is the trade sector, he says.
  具有讽刺意味的是，中国经济的致命要害恰好是贸易领域，他表示。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• English is my Achilles heel.
  英文是我的罩门。
• 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。