Achilles's Heel

基本解釋

Smith is always careless, it is his Achilles's heel .
史密斯總是太粗心了，這是他性格上致命的弱點(diǎn)。。
You can say either "Achilles' heel" or "Achilles'(s) heel. " Both are correct.
你既可以說“Achilles' heel”，也可以說“Achilles'（s） heel”，這兩種說法都是正確的。
Let's talk about the values - I think this is China's Achilles's heel in becoming global.
就中國的價值觀而言，我認(rèn)為這正是中國全球化進(jìn)程中的軟肋。
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He says their research has identified an "Achilles' heel" of the parasite - an enzyme that is needed for the parasite's survival.

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