【字面理解】潘多拉的盒子
【英文解析】 a source of evils; a source of catastrophe; a source of many unforeseen troubles
【中文解析】災(zāi)禍之源
【典型例句】① When I asked Jane about her problems, I didn’t know I had opened Pandora's box.我向簡(jiǎn)詢(xún)問(wèn)了 她的問(wèn) 題。當(dāng)時(shí)我不知道自己已經(jīng)引禍上身了。
② The US government is inhibited by fear that retaliatory operations abroad could open a Pandora’s box of terrorism in America.美國(guó)政府害怕如果在國(guó)外采取報(bào)復(fù)行動(dòng), 可能會(huì)在美國(guó)境內(nèi)引發(fā)許多恐怖暴力問(wèn)題。
【注釋】典出希臘神話(huà)。潘多拉出于好奇私自打開(kāi)宙斯給 她的盒子,使得原先并不存在的災(zāi)難、罪惡全部跑了 出來(lái),飛向整個(gè)世界,卻把希望留在了盒底。自此人 類(lèi)開(kāi)始屢遭禍患,多災(zāi)多難。后來(lái)便用Pandora’s box 喻指“災(zāi)禍之源”。