单词 | Achilles' heel |
释义 | Achilles' heelAˌchilles’ ˈheel noun [countable] a weak part of something, especially of someone’s character, which is easy for other people to attack: The team’s offense is its Achilles’ heel. [Origin: 1800–1900 from the story that the ancient Greek hero Achilles was dipped as a baby into the River Styx to protect him, but the part of his heel he was held by did not get wet, and so remained unprotected] |
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