trojan horse

(希腊神话中)特洛伊木马

例句与用法:

In very gradual, complex ways, Britain may prove to be, not the Trojan horse of American influence which France has always feared, but, on the contrary, a counterpoise to the American tide.

虽然过程缓慢,方式也很复杂,可英国也许能够证明他们并非是法国总是害怕的那种美国势力的潜在危险。恰恰相反,他们是与美国潮流抗衡的力量。

The senior civil servant they arrested for spying turned out to be a Trojan horse, planted by enemy intelligence twenty years previously.

他们逮捕的那位因进行间谍活动的高级文职人员,原来是20年前敌人情报机构安插的特洛伊木马。