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Pandora's boxBrE /pænˌdɔːrəz ˈbɒks/NAmE /pænˌdɔːrəz ˈbɑːks/ noun [sing., U] a process that, if started, will cause many problems 潘多拉魔盒（指邪恶之源）◆This court case could open a Pandora's box of similar claims. 这宗诉讼案会为类似的索赔开启潘多拉魔盒。 Expressions from history and legend Achilles heel, Cinderella, Herculean, Mephistophelian, Midas touch, narcissism, odyssey, Prince Charming, Procrustean, Promethean, Pyrrhic, Robin Hood, Scylla and Charybdis, Sleeping Beauty, Stygian, Titan ORIGIN From the Greek myth in which Pandora was created by the god Zeus and sent to the earth with a box containing many evils. When she opened the box, the evils came out and infected the earth. 源自希腊神话。主神宙斯创造了潘多拉并派其带着装满邪恶的盒子下凡。当她打开盒子时，各种邪恶奔涌而出，泛滥人间。 |