| 单词 | Damocles |
| 释义 | Damocles (once / 21182 pages) n WORD FAMILY Damocles USAGE EXAMPLES“I think the I.R.S. is a Sword of Damocles over the First Amendment, and I think it is a menace,” he said. New York Times(Oct 12, 2016) It’s like living with a sword of Damocles over my head. The Guardian(Nov 18, 2016) “I think the I.R.S. is a Sword of Damocles over the First Amendment, and I think it is a menace,” he said. New York Times(Oct 12, 2016) n the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC) Exp courtier an attendant at the court of a sovereign |
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