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单词 Trojan horse
释义

Trojan horse

noun

1
: someone or something intended to defeat or subvert from within usually by deceptive means
2
: a seemingly useful computer program that contains concealed instructions which when activated perform an illicit or malicious action (such as destroying data files)
also : the concealed instructions of such a program compare virus sense 3

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After besieging the walls of Troy for ten years, the Greeks built a huge, hollow wooden horse, secretly filled it with armed warriors, and presented it to the Trojans as a gift for the goddess Athena, and the Trojans took the horse inside the city's walls. That night, the armed Greeks swarmed out and captured and burned the city. A Trojan horse is thus anything that looks innocent but, once accepted, has power to harm or destroy—for example, a computer program that seems helpful but ends up corrupting or demolishing the computer's software.

Example Sentences

They may be using the other corporation as a Trojan horse.

Word History

Etymology

from the large hollow wooden horse filled with Greek soldiers and introduced within the walls of Troy by a stratagem

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Trojan horse

noun

as in Potemkin village

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • Potemkin village
  • fig leaf
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  • camouflage
  • concealer
  • disguise
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  • blanket
  • hood
  • mask
  • veneer
  • veil
  • shroud
  • facade
  • covering
  • mantle
  • robe
  • varnish
  • cloak
  • wraps
  • curtain
  • penumbra
  • face
  • pall
  • coverture
  • façade
  • cover
  • gloss
  • cover-up
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