菜篮子兴趣思朗文词典

Gordian knot

菜篮子兴趣思朗文词典

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˌɡɔː.di.ən ˈnɒt]
  • 美式音标 [ˌɡɔːr.di.ən ˈnɑːt]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • 難題；戈爾迪之結（希臘神話中的一個難題）

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    雙語例句

  • The deceased old man did not leave a will and the distribution of his property was a Gordian knot.
    故世的老人沒有畱下遺囑，他的財産分配是一個大難題。
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  • The result has been a Gordian knot of preconditions for resuming talks that even the most ardent expert would be hard-pressed to figure out.
    結果就成了恢複會談前提條件的難題，即使是最熱心的專家也難以解決。

    • 權威例句

  • Congress should cut this Gordian knot by removing strangling restrictions on Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs).
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  • Either you or your employer will cut the Gordian knot soon, and it sounds like an unpleasant ending.
    FORBES: Is Your Job Honeymoon Over?
  • It is a Gordian knot the Chinese state has only begun to unpick.
    ECONOMIST: A $45 billion shot in the arm The

词组短语

    短語

  • cutting the Gordian knot 快刀斷亂麻;快刀斬亂麻
  • A Gordian Knot 難題;難解的結;難點;直譯“戈耳迪之結
  • Cut the Gordian knot 快刀斬亂麻;直譯“斬斷戈耳迪之結;斬斷“戈耳迪之結;比喻辦事果斷
  • The Gordian Knot 哥帝安的結;戈耳迪之結;快刀斬亂麻;難辦的事
  • to cut the Gordian knot 快刀斬亂麻

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • a difficult problem or situation

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • (in Greek legend) a complicated knot, tied by King Gordius of Phrygia, that Alexander the Great cut with a sword

专业释义

    文學

  • 戈爾迪之結(弗利基亞國王戈爾迪所打的結，按神諭衹有將統治亞細亞者才能解開，後被亞歷山大大帝用利劍斬開)