Trojan horse

名词 trojan horse:

1. a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst
   同义词：fifth column
2. a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful
   同义词：trojan
3. a large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War
   同义词：Wooden Horse

1. 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。
2. 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。