释义 |
Pandora's box/pænˈdɔ:rəz/n. a process that once activated will generate many unmanageable problems 潘多拉之盒;灾祸之源 [in Greek mythology, the box from which the ills of humankind were released by Pandora, the first mortal woman, Hope alone remaining: from Greek Pandōra ‘all-gifted’ (as PAN-, dōron ‘gift’), each god and goddess having contributed a quality to Pandora] |