| 词组 | Achilles' heel |
| 释义 | Achilles' heel Although the story of Achilles' vulnerable heel is ancient, the phrase Achilles' heel meaning "a vulnerable point" seems to have been used in English only since the middle of the 19th century. Before that century was out, it had developed a spelling without the apostrophe—perhaps thanks to George Bernard Shaw, who seems to have been the first to write it that way. Our most recent evidence on the question of whether the apostrophe should appear or not is split exactly 5050. For what it's worth, publications like the New York Times and Saturday Review can be found on both sides of the aisle. British journals—Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, New Scientist, The Listener—tend to use the spelling without the apostrophe. Reader's Digest 1983 likes to see the apostrophe kept. Either way you choose to write it, you will find yourself in decent company. |
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