n. 达摩克里斯 〔Syracuse 国王 Dionysius 的廷臣〕。 the sword of Damocles 即将临头的危险 〔Damocles 常说帝王多福， Dionysius 乃以一发悬剑，命他坐其下，以示帝王多危〕。 adj. -clean
Example Sentences:
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The possibility of losing her job hung over her like a sword of damocles all last year . 去年她一直提心吊胆生怕失去工作。
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And so, the next day, damocles was led into the palace, and all the servants were bidden to treat him as their master . 于是第二天，达摩克里斯就被带进了宫殿。所有的仆人都遵照命令，把他当作主人看待。
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The possibility of being made redundant has been a sword of damocles hanging over me for several moths now 裁员的可能性好几个月来一直是我临头的危险。
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The remote control , that sword of consumer damocles , has been hanging over our collective head for over half a century now 遥控装置,消费者为雪城的国王摩克利斯之剑,一直在我们的集体头之上悬挂现在在半世纪之上。
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" the threat that the formal rules might be enforced is an ever - present sword of damocles over the foreigners and occasionally , as in this case , proves to be troublesome , " he said “强制执行规定所带来的威胁永远是一把达摩克利斯之剑。但是做为一个案例，在短期内证明这种威胁，是相当棘手的。 ”
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Damocles faced the wall and meditated for ten years and got the buddhist allegory finally , i sit there for two hours and thirty six minutes , at 7 : 29 pm , i made a decision at last : i need to be a graduate student , after a full pack of smokes of helan mountains brand had been finished by me 达摩面壁十载终于悟得惮机，我在静坐了两小时三十六分七点九二秒、抽完了整整一盒贺兰山牌香烟之后我终于做出了一个决定：我要考研！
