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单词 Pandora's box
释义
Pandora's boxPan‧do‧ra’s box /pænˌdɔːrəz ˈbɒks $ -ˈbɑːks/ noun Word Origin
WORD ORIGINPandora's box
Origin:
1500-1600 Pandora woman in an ancient Greek story who opened a box and let all evils out into the world
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And the box, stolen, is a Pandora's box of thieved memories.
  • I've opened Pandora's box.
  • It is, he stresses, neither a panacea nor a Pandora's box.
  • Its role in history is merely as the broken lock on Pandora's box.
  • Now the only thing that is left in Pandora's box is hope..
  • Once you open that little Pandora's box it's hard to stop.
  • The lid of Pandora's box could be wrenched off or tightly sat upon.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • I've opened Pandora's box.
  • The internet has opened a Pandora's box of threats: its demons have been loosed on us all.
open a Pandora’s box to do or start something that will cause a lot of other problems:  The report could open up a Pandora’s box of claims from similar cases.
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