chalice
[ˈtʃælɪs]
n.
高脚酒杯;
圣餐杯;
金杯毒酒;
看似诱人实则令人讨厌的事物;
例句:
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Headlining a festival is a famously poisoned chalice.
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He does not regard his new job as a poisoned chalice.
他并不认为自己的新工作是金杯毒酒。
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He inherited a poisoned chalice when he took over the job as union leader.
他接手工会领导职务,看似风光,实则会给他带来很多麻烦.
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Some people even claimed that he appointed his political rival only in the belief that he was giving him a poisoned chalice and that he would not last more than a year.
有人甚至说，他之所以任命自己的政治对手，是因为他知道所给的职位是杯诱人的毒酒，接受者肯定撑不过一年。
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Has Mario Draghi taken on a poisoned chalice?
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The Defence Ministry has always been a poisoned chalice in modern German politics.
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