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Achilles [ə'kɪliz]

n. 阿喀琉斯(希腊神话人物)

His Achilles' heel was his pride.
他的致命伤就是骄傲自大。
He would have made a good pilot but his drinking habit was his Achilles’ heel.
他本来会成为一名很好的飞行员，不过他的饮酒习惯却成了他的致命弱点。
His Achilles' heel was his pride.
他唯一的弱点是骄傲。

achilles

[ noun ]
a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'
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Achilles \Achilles\ n.
1. a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek
warrior at the seige of Troy.
[WordNet 1.5]

"If you ask me what is the Achilles heel of this program, I think it is refrigeration and existing equipment.
The MCI found that middle managers tended to make the life of supervisors a misery, sabotaging them while at the same time branding them as the Achilles' heel of UK business.
They are its Achilles' heel.
Mr. Lance's Achilles' heel was the free-and-easy banking style unhappily not unknown in small Southern banks.
Ms. True said a painstaking study of the marble head by scientists and art experts had answered many of the questions surrounding the head of Achilles, a mythological hero slain by an arrow to his heel.
In Kansas, wind-blown dust piled up against fences like snow drifts, said Sheriff Ron Achilles of Gove County.
One analyst called the property market the Achilles' heel of Hong Kong banks, saying they are overexposed to mortgages, sometimes to as much as 60% of their assets.
Two years ago the museum discovered that a marble "Head of Achilles" in its collection was a modern copy.
This means it still grew by 22.2 per cent and, if the drop in inflation is taken into account, the real increase was about 24.6 per cent. Car and work accident insurances, which represent about half of all premiums, remain the Achilles heel of the market.
The vase was made by the sculptor Dioscourides and depicts men and women in a leafy setting _ probably the courtship of Peleus and the sea goddess Thetis, who became the parents of the mythical Greek warrior Achilles.
"I believe Quayle could be Bush's Achilles heel," CBS News pollster Warren Mitofsky said Thursday at a panel discussion sponsored by the National Council on Public Polls.
Two other priests, Rev. Achilles Dakay and Rev. Hermingildo Montecillo, rushed to the cardinal's aid and were also beaten, police said.
Industrial specialty products, such as epoxy resins and Styrofoam brand plastics, are the company's Achilles' heel in exposure to the business cycle.
Overall West European truck sales fell by 25 per cent in the first quarter this year. The heavy cost of developing new products helped bring down the old Daf group and it could well prove eventually to be the Achilles heel of the new ventures.
Even those who praise his management ability say the race issue may be his political Achilles heel.
In contrast to her fitness, Anne's husband, Mark Phillips, was hobbling on crutches because of an Achilles tendon injury he suffered last fall.
They understand that the 13d disclosure requirement is the Achilles' heel of the takeover market as it now operates.
Getty officials don't know who crafted the phony Achilles head, but plaster casts were a popular teaching tool in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
The Conservatives are on the one issue that is their Achilles' heel."
Within eight years, under Sir Colin's leadership, Avis passed Hertz in European sales and earnings. It was during his stint at Avis that Sir Colin forged what was then a valued relationship, but which later at BA became a potential Achilles heal.
This is the first Greek-American who can't spot an Achilles heel."
Hospital Corp. also has an Achilles' heel of sorts in its psychiatric hospital business, which contributes 12% of Hospital Corp.'s cash flow.
No one has yet found out the name Achilles used when he disguised himself as a woman so as to avoid fighting in the Greek army in the Trojan War.
The reason retirement annuities have become an Achilles heel is because of the shift in risk.
"Stimulants from Colombia are the Achilles' heel of imperialism.
The organization, to be based in Austin, Texas, is financed by government and industry and will work to improve manufacturing techniques, which are considered the Achilles' heel of the U.S. chip makers.
Europe's labour leaders did not dwell upon the prospect in Wednesday's May Day speeches but economists are beginning to issue warnings. 'This is the Achilles heel of monetary union.
He called the uncertainty over the market's sources an 'Achilles' heel' and said Lloyd's could not afford to remain 'on the back foot'.
Police said two other priests, Rev. Achilles Dakay and Rev. Hermingildo Montecillo, rushed to the cardinal's aid and also were beaten.
"They're the Achilles heel of multiple transplants," he said, but doctors were encouraged by four successful intestine transplants that were performed here this year.

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