Achilles heel

英 [əˌkɪliːz ˈhiːl]

美 [əˌkɪliːz ˈhiːl]

n.  致命弱点; 致命的缺陷

牛津词典

noun

• 致命弱点；致命的缺陷
  a weak point or fault in sb's character, which can be attacked by other people

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 阿喀琉斯的脚踵；致命弱点
  Someone'sAchilles heelis the weakest point in their character or nature, where it is easiest for other people to attack or criticize them.
  1. Horton's Achilles heel was that he could not delegate.
     霍顿的软肋在于他不懂得放权。

双语例句

• A month ago before the market convulsions that precipitated a government intervention to save Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley a top Wall Street banker pinpointed the Achilles heel of the business model of standalone investment banks.
  一个月前，也就是这波促使政府出手拯救高盛（goldmansachs）和摩根士丹利（morganstanley）的市场动荡出现之前，一位华尔街顶级银行家准确指出了独立投行业务模式的致命弱点。
• It shows that China has already arrived when it can to aero-technology which was its achilles heel.
  他说明了中国已经掌握了黄金时期弱项的航空技术。
• This has long been an achilles heel of the EC2 platform.
  持久存储一直是EC2平台的一个薄弱环节。
• A deepening of the European crisis won't leave China unscathed. But exposure to Europe won't prove China's Achilles heel.
  欧债危机的继续深化不会令中国毫发无损，但对欧洲存在风险敞口并非中国的致命要害。
• Expensive and problem-prone gearboxes have always been the Achilles heel of conventional Wind Turbines.
  昂贵和容易出现问题的变速箱，一直是常规风力涡轮机的致命弱点。
• Its failure to create the conditions for the emergence of a political class is the achilles heel of Hong Kong's system.
  它未能创造条件，促成政治阶层的形成，这是香港体制的致命弱点。
• Mechanized maize harvest is the Achilles heel in the completely mechanized maize production and it a major researched area in China's agricultural mechanization.
  玉米收获机械化是玉米全程机械化的薄弱环节，也是目前我国农业机械化的主攻方向，各地正在积极采取措施以提高玉米机械化水平。
• English is my Achilles heel.
  英文是我的罩门。
• The enemy's Achilles heel is his harbor defences.
  敌人的弱点在其海港防御。
• Is being a woman a source of strength in politics – or an Achilles heel?
  在政治中，女性身份到底是一个长处，还是一个软肋？