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Gordian knot

花灯集英语字典

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

  • 难题；戈尔迪之结（希腊神话中的一个难题）

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • The deceased old man did not leave a will and the distribution of his property was a Gordian knot.
    故世的老人没有留下遗嘱，他的财产分配是一个大难题。
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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.
    结果就成了恢复会谈前提条件的难题，即使是最热心的专家也难以解决。

    • 权威例句

  • 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

    短语

  • cutting the Gordian knot 快刀断乱麻;快刀斩乱麻
  • A Gordian Knot 难题;难解的结;难点;直译“戈耳迪之结
  • Cut the Gordian knot 快刀斩乱麻;直译“斩断戈耳迪之结;斩断“戈耳迪之结;比喻办事果断
  • The Gordian Knot 哥帝安的结;戈耳迪之结;快刀斩乱麻;难办的事
  • to cut the Gordian knot 快刀斩乱麻

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • 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

    文学

  • 戈尔迪之结(弗利基亚国王戈尔迪所打的结，按神谕只有将统治亚细亚者才能解开，后被亚历山大大帝用利剑斩开)