bugbear 词态变化
复数: bugbears;
bugbear 中文词源
bugbear 烦扰之事bug, 鬼怪。bear, 熊。一种像熊的吃小孩的妖怪，很可能是大人杜撰出来吓小孩的。
bugbear 英文词源
- bugbear
- bugbear: [16] Early references to bugbear suggest that it was a sort of bug – ‘frightening creature’ – conjured up to frighten naughty children. It is usually assumed that the second element of the word simply represents the animal ‘bear’, and that the frightening creature was represented as being in the shape of a bear. The modern sense ‘source of annoyance’ developed in the late 19th century.
- bugbear (n.)
- 1580s, a sort of demon in the form of a bear that eats small children, also "object of dread" (whether real or not), from obsolete bug "goblin, scarecrow" (see bug (n.)) + bear (n.).
bugbear 英文释义
- 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
bugbear 双语例句
- 1. Inflation is the government's main bugbear.
- 通货膨胀是政府最头痛的问题。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. Inflation is the Government's main bugbear.
- 通货膨胀是政府的主要难题.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Money is my biggest bugbear.
- 我最愁的是钱。
来自辞典例句
- 4. University reform had long been his bugbear, and now was his bane.
- 大学改革早就是使他头痛的事情, 如今更成为他的祸害了.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The rise of moralism was a bugbear to Lord Byron , born in 1788.
- 道德主义的盛行对拜伦来说无疑是一场灾难.
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bugbear 实用场景例句
- Money is my biggest bugbear.
- 我最愁的是钱。
辞典例句
- The rise of moralism was a bugbear to Lord Byron , born in 1788.
- 道德主义的盛行对拜伦来说无疑是一场灾难.
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- Germany was always a bugbear for France.
- 德国一直是法国的威胁.
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- The older you are the more grouchy, with politicians being the biggest bugbear for sexagenarians.
- 人年龄越大,越爱发牢骚, 法国六十多岁的老人最爱抱怨政治人物.
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