• n. 達(dá)摩克利斯（敘拉古暴君迪奧尼修斯的謅臣）

來自古希臘城邦Syracuse的大臣Damocles，他很羨慕他的國王Dionysius的權(quán)力和生活，Dionysius知道后，一次在宴會上安排他坐在主座，但是在他的頭上懸掛著一根頭發(fā)絲系的長劍，并告誡他不要只看到國王輝煌的表相，卻沒有看到背后的危險。其字面意思為damos, 人民，詞源同demotic. -kles,名聲，詞源同listen, incline.

Damocles

courtier of Dionysius I, tyrant of Syracuse; his name in Greek means literally "fame of the people," from demos, damos "people" (see demotic) + -kles "fame," a common ending in Greek proper names (as in Sophocles, Pericles), from PIE *klew-es, from root *kleu- "to hear" (see listen). To teach Damocles how a tyrant lives, Dionysius seated him at a banquet with a sword suspended above his head by a single hair.

1. As a Grand Prix driver, you have the Sword of Damocles hanging over your head at every moment.

作為國際汽車大獎賽的車手，隨時都有可能發(fā)生事故。

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2. The college entrance examination is like a sword of Damocles.

高考就像是一把達(dá)摩克里斯的利劍高懸的這些學(xué)生頭上.

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3. Unemployment, like the sword of Damocles, was always accompanying the workers.

失業(yè)猶如達(dá)摩克里斯劍, 隨時都在威脅著工人.

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4. That is like the sword of Damocles over his head.

那事仿佛利劍懸在他的頭上,使他恐懼不安.

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5. The author holds that information disclosure is the Damocles sword of franchising.

筆者認(rèn)為,信息披露是特許經(jīng)營中的“達(dá)摩克里斯之劍”.

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