[N-COUNT 可数名词]剑;刀 A sword is a weapon with a handle and a long sharp blade.
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[PHR-RECIP 相互短语]与…交锋;与…争论 If you cross swords with someone, you disagree with them and argue with them about something.
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...a candidate who's crossed swords with Labor by supporting the free-trade pact...
因为支持自由贸易协定而与工党交锋的候选人
The fiercest of rivals, the last time they crossed swords was during the 1980s.
这对争得你死我活的竞争对手的最后一次交锋是在 20 世纪 80 年代。
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[PHRASE 短语](指兼有正面和负面影响的)双刃剑 If you say that something is a double-edged sword or a two-edged sword, you mean that it has negative effects as well as positive effects.
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Sword of Damocles→see:
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sword/sɔːd; NAmEsɔːrd/noun _sword_comp.jpg _sword.jpg a weapon with a long metal blade and a handle 剑;刀◆to draw/sheathe a sword(= to take it out/put it into its cover)拔剑;把剑插入鞘IDIOMSput sb to the ˈsword( old-fashionedorliterary) to kill sb with a sword用剑刺死某人a/the sword of ˈDamocles( literary) a bad or unpleasant thing that might happen to you at any time and that makes you feel worried or frightened 达摩克利斯剑(喻指令人忧虑或畏惧的、随时可能降临的灾祸)ORIGINFrom the legend in which Damocleshad to sit at a meal at the court of Dionysius with a sword hanging by a single hair above his head. He had praised Dionysius' happiness, and Dionysius wanted him to understand how quickly happiness can be lost. 源自达摩克利斯 (Damocles) 在利剑下用餐的传说。达摩克利斯曾赞美狄奥尼西奥斯所享受的幸福,后者请他在宫中饮宴,命人将一把利剑用一根头发悬挂于他头顶,以此让他明白幸福易逝。turn swords into ˈploughshares( literary) to stop fighting and return to peaceful activities 铸剑为犁;化干戈为玉帛;偃武修文☞more at
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swordsword /sɔːd $ sɔːrd/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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1sword (1)a weapon with a long pointed blade and a handle2a/the sword of Damocles literary a bad thing that might happen at any time: The treaty hung like a sword of Damocles over French politics.3put somebody to the sword literary to kill someone with a sword4turn/beat swords into ploughshares literary to start using money, equipment, and skills for peaceful purposes rather than for fighting → cross swords (with somebody)
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