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Damocles

[ˈdæməkli:z] [ˈdæməˌkliz]
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  • sword of Damocles
    used to refer to a precarious situation 达摩克利斯之剑;临头的危险
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  • Noun
    1. 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)