3N-COUNT 恼人的情景;惹人烦的局面 If you refer to a situation as a nightmare, you are saying in a very emphatic way that it is irritating because it causes you a lot of trouble. 恼人的情景;惹人烦的局面 [emphasis]
Taking my son Peter to a restaurant was a nightmare.
带我儿子彼得外出吃饭简直糟糕透了。
In practice a graduate tax is an administrative nightmare.
1bad dream噩夢ADJECTIVE | VERB + NIGHTMARE | NIGHTMARE + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤awful, horrible, terrible, terrifying可怕的夢魘;恐怖的夢魘;嚇人的噩夢➤vivid逼真的噩夢➤recurring反複做的噩夢VERB + NIGHTMARE➤have, suffer, suffer from做噩夢➤wake from, wake up from從噩夢中醒來➤give sb給某人帶來噩夢◇The movie gave me nightmares.這部電影讓我老做噩夢。➤haunt常在噩夢中出現◇The faces of all the people he had killed haunted his nightmares.他殺死的那些人的面孔常在他的噩夢中出現。NIGHTMARE + VERB➤haunt sb, plague sb噩夢長期困擾某人/煩擾某人PREPOSITION➤nightmare about有關⋯的噩夢◇I have nightmares about drowning.我老做溺水的噩夢。nightmare
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2bad/feared experience糟糕、可怕的經歷ADJECTIVE | VERB + NIGHTMARE | NIGHTMARE + VERB | NIGHTMARE + NOUNADJECTIVE➤awful, horrible, real, terrible糟糕的/可怕的/十分恐怖的/嚇人的經歷➤absolute, complete, total慘痛的經歷;十分可怕的經歷➤ultimate, worst最可怕的經歷;最痛苦的經歷◇Losing a child is my worst nightmare.喪子是我最痛苦的經歷。➤personal個人的悲慘經歷➤living活生生的噩夢◇The refugees had survived a living nightmare.難民們熬過了噩夢般的痛苦經歷。➤long漫長的可怕經歷➤administrative, bureaucratic, financial, logistical, etc.行政、官僚、金融、後勤等機構的可怕經歷VERB + NIGHTMARE➤endure, face, live, suffer, survive忍受/面對/經歷/遭受/捱過痛苦的經歷➤become, prove, turn into變成/證明是/成了噩夢◇Their dream of living in the country turned into a nightmare.他們在鄉村生活的美夢變成了一場噩夢。➤create製造噩夢➤escape, escape from擺脫噩夢➤relive再次經歷噩夢NIGHTMARE + VERB➤be over噩夢結束➤come true噩夢成真NIGHTMARE + NOUN➤scenario, vision可怕的情景;噩夢景象◇the nightmare scenario of mass unemployment大規模失業的可怕情景◇The writer evokes a nightmare vision of a future on a polluted planet.作者描畫了未來遭受污染的星球上噩夢般的場景。➤world噩夢世界➤journey (especially BrE) 噩夢般的行程
nightmare noun ⇨nightmare (The trip turned into a nightmare.)⇨dream (He still has nightmares about the accident.)nightmare
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nightmare ♦︎ ordeal ♦︎ horror ♦︎ trauma ♦︎ hellThese are all words for an unpleasant or frightening experience.这些词均表示可怕的经历、磨难、痛苦的经历。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a nightmare / ordeal / trauma for sb◆a terrible nightmare / ordeal / horror◆a / an absolute / living nightmare / hell◆a terrifying nightmare / ordeal◆to suffer a nightmare / an ordeal / a horror / a trauma◆to experience an ordeal / a horror / a trauma◆to go through an ordeal / a trauma / hell◆to survive a nightmare / an ordeal / a trauma■nightmareˈnaɪtmeə(r); NAmEˈnaɪtmer [countable] (ratherinformal) an experience or situation that is very frightening and unpleasant, or very difficult to deal with可怕的经历;难以处理之事;噩梦◆The trip turned into a nightmare when they both got sick.他们俩都病了,这次旅行成了一场噩梦。◆Nobody knows what's going on-it's a nightmare!谁也不知道是怎么回事,真是棘手至极!◆Losing a child is most people's worst nightmare.对于大多数人来说,丧子之痛是最可怕的梦魇。◆These new regulations will be an administrative nightmare.这些新的规章制度将会造成管理难题。■ordealɔːˈdiːl, ˈɔːdiːl; NAmEɔːrˈdiːl [countable, usually singular] a difficult, painful or unpleasant experience, often one that lasts for some time磨难;折磨;严酷的考验◆They were spared the ordeal of giving evidence in court.他们免受出庭作证的难堪。◆The interview was less of an ordeal than she'd expected.面试并非如她想象的那样可怕。■horror [countable, usually plural] all the terrible things connected with a shocking or frightening situation or experience使人恐惧的事件;极其可怕的经历◆He witnessed the horrors of civil war.他目睹了内战的恐怖。■traumaˈtrɔːmə; NAmEˈtraʊmə [countable, uncountable] an unpleasant or shocking experience that makes you feel upset and/or anxious, usually for a long time afterwards痛苦经历;挫折◆She felt exhausted after the traumas of recent weeks.她经受了最近几个星期的痛苦之后感到精疲力竭。 see also traumatic ⇨ painful2, traumatize ⇨ frighten■hell [uncountable, singular] (ratherinformal) a very unpleasant experience or situation in which sb suffers very much苦难的经历;悲惨的境况◆Her parents made her life hell.她的父母使她生活得很痛苦。◆The last few weeks have been a living hell for the refugees.过去的几个星期对那些难民来说简直是人间地狱。