Trojan Horse

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE Online朗文 5++ˌTrojan ˈHorse noun  1. the Trojan Horse a wooden horse used by Greek soldiers to trick their enemies the Trojans during the Trojan War. The Greeks hid inside a large wooden model of a horse and were taken into Troy by Trojan soldiers, who thought that it was a gift.2  someone or something that is accepted because it seems good or harmless, but that is really intended to cause harm Senator Simon claimed the new law would reduce violence on TV, but opponents have attacked it as being a ‘Trojan Horse’ that would lead to censorship of TV programming.From Longman Business Dictionary

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Trojan horseTro‧jan horse /ˌtrəʊdʒən ˈhɔːsˌtroʊdʒən ˈhɔːrs/ noun [countable usually singular]1something that looks attractive but that is intended to deceiveThe bank’s CEO described Japanese investments in the UK as a Trojan horse, destroying Europe’s defences against unfair competition.2computing a computer program that seems to be helpful but that is designed to destroy dataSecurity was breached by a Trojan horse accidentally downloaded to a government computer.

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Trojan Horse
ˌTrojan ˈHorse noun
1. the Trojan Horse a wooden horse used by Greek soldiers to trick their enemies the Trojans during the Trojan War. The Greeks hid inside a large wooden model of a horse and were taken into Troy by Trojan soldiers, who thought that it was a gift.
2. someone or something that is accepted because it seems good or harmless, but that is really intended to cause harm:
    Senator Simon claimed the new law would reduce violence on TV, but opponents have attacked it as being a ‘Trojan Horse’ that would lead to censorship of TV programming.

Trojan horseBrE /ˌtrəʊdʒən ˈhɔːs/ 🔊NAmE /ˌtroʊdʒən ˈhɔːrs/ 🔊 nouna person or thing that is used to trick an enemy in order to achieve a secret purpose 特洛伊木马；（来自外部的）颠覆分子（或活动）(computing 计算机) a computer program that seems to be helpful but that is, in fact, designed to destroy data, etc. （特洛伊）木马程序（一种欺骗程序，看起来有用，实际却旨在毁坏数据等） ORIGIN From the story in which the ancient Greeks hid inside a hollow wooden statue of a horse in order to enter the city of their enemies, Troy. 源自传说，古希腊人为了潜入敌城特洛伊而藏在空心的木马中。