释义
n.
an assignment, award, or honour which is likely to prove a disadvantage or source of problems to the recipient
有毒的圣杯（指对获得者可能不利或引起问题的工作、奖励或荣誉）
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many thought the new minister had been handed a poisoned chalice .很多人都认为这位新部长所接任的是一个有毒的圣杯。