bugaboo
英['bʌgəbuː]
美['bʌɡəbu]
- n. 妖怪，鬼怪；令人烦恼或恐惧的原因
实用场景例句
- For a decade or so Japan's lost decade has been the great bugaboo of modern macroeconomics.
- 日本在这大概十年间的失败已经成为当今宏观经济学家吓人用的鬼怪.
期刊摘选
- The old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them.
- 通货膨胀的老大难问题仍然困扰着他们.
期刊摘选
- People made noise in ancient times to drive away the bugaboo from the home.
- 在古代，人们制造噪声以便把鬼怪驱逐出家门。
辞典例句