bugbear

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英[?b?gbe?(r)]
美[?b?gber]

基本釋義

n.
<尤英>使人煩惱擔憂的事,牽掛

詞性變化

實用例句

Money is my biggest bugbear.

我最愁的是錢。

辭典例句

The rise of moralism was a bugbear to Lord Byron , born in 1788.

道德主義的盛行對拜倫來說無疑是一場災難.

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Germany was always a bugbear for France.

德國一直是法國的威脅.

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The older you are the more grouchy, with politicians being the biggest bugbear for sexagenarians.

人年齡越大,越愛發(fā)牢騷, 法國六十多歲的老人最愛抱怨政治人物.

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英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. an imaginary monster used to frighten children

  • 2. an object of dread or apprehension;

    "Germany was always a bugbear for France"

    "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson

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