bugbear

英[ˈbʌgbeə(r)]美[ˈbʌgber]

n.<尤英>使人烦恼担忧的事，牵挂；

复数：bugbears;

例句

Inflation is the Government’s main bugbear.通货膨胀是*府的主要难题。

Germany was always a bugbear for France.德国一直是法国的威胁.

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.

Money is my biggest bugbear.我*愁的是钱。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-COUNT

令人烦恼（或担忧）的事

Something or someone that is your bugbear worries or upsets you.

例句

英汉词典释义

n.

<尤英>使人烦恼担忧的事;牵挂

英英词典释义

Noun

1. an imaginary monster used to frighten children

2. an object of dread or apprehension;