nightmare
- n.噩梦;梦魇;可怕的经历;难以处理之事
复数： nightmares 派生词： nightmarish adj.
night n.夜 + mare n.母马
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噩梦；梦魇
a dream that is very frightening or unpleasant
He still has nightmares about the accident.
他仍然做噩梦梦见这场事故。
可怕的经历；难以处理之事；噩梦
an experience that is very frightening and unpleasant, or very difficult to deal with
The trip turned into a nightmare when they both got sick.
这次旅行成了一场噩梦，他们俩都病了。
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！
Filling in all those forms was a nightmare.
填写了那么多的表格，真是太可怕了。
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。
If it goes ahead, it will be the nightmare scenario (= the worst thing that could happen) .
这件事如果继续下去就糟透了。
a nightmare situation
恶劣的形势
nightmarish living conditions
噩梦般的生活条件
nightmare
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N-COUNT 恶梦;噩梦;梦魇
A nightmare is a very frightening dream.All the victims still suffered nightmares...
所有受害者仍然被恶梦困扰。
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N-COUNT 令人恐怖的处境;可怕的情景
If you refer to a situation as a nightmare, you mean that it is very frightening and unpleasant.The years in prison were a nightmare.
监狱里的那些年是一场噩梦。
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N-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.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。
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The whole experience had been like some hideous nightmare .
整个经历就像一场可怕的噩梦。
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My attempt to get a new passport turned into a Kafkaesque nightmare .
我试图申请新护照的过程变成了一场官样文章的噩梦。
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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！
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If it goes ahead , it will be the nightmare scenario .
这件事如果继续下去就糟透了。
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He still has nightmares about the accident .
他仍然做噩梦梦见这场事故。
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Our dream holiday turned into a nightmare .
我们梦想的假日变成了一场噩梦。
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In practice a graduate tax is an administrative nightmare .
毕业税具体操作起来不啻一场行政噩梦。
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It 's been like living through a nightmare .
就像是做了一场噩梦。
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She described the distribution of food and medical supplies as a logistical nightmare .
她把分配食物和药品的工作说成是组织管理上的噩梦。
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They began to recover slowly from their nightmare of pain and suffering
他们开始从痛苦的梦魇中慢慢恢复过来。
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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。
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Jane did not eat cheese because it gives her nightmares .
简没吃奶酪，因为那会让她做恶梦。
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The years in prison were a nightmare .
监狱里的那些年是一场噩梦。
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People involved in it think it 's a nightmare , but I 'm sure it will work itself out .
参与者都觉得这是一场噩梦，但我相信其结局会是圆满的。
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The department has become a bureaucratic nightmare .
该部门的官僚作风非常严重。
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People who repress their emotions risk having nightmares
压抑情感的人容易做噩梦。
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She might have forgotten her completely had it not been for recurrent nightmares .
要不是因为反复做噩梦，她可能已经把她彻底忘了。
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It was unreal . Like some crazy childhood nightmare
这不是真的，就像儿时的某个荒唐的噩梦一样。
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All the victims still suffered nightmares
所有受害者仍然被恶梦困扰。
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I often have the most terrible nightmares
我常做很吓人的噩梦。
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His abrasive wit and caustic comments were an interviewer 's nightmare
他睿智刁钻，评论尖刻，对任何采访他的人而言都是梦魇。
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Nightmares kept me awake all night .
噩梦扰得我整夜未眠。
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Maureen put the nightmare behind her
莫琳已将噩梦抛诸脑后。
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The EU thought it could resolve Europe 's worst nightmare and boost its own credibility as a strong actor on the international stage .
欧盟认为它能够解决欧洲面临的最严重的困境，提升自己作为国际舞台上一个重要角色的声誉。
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They have nightmares , they startle easily .
他们做噩梦，经常从梦中惊醒。
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He has nightmares about the tanks imploding .
他老是做油箱爆炸的噩梦。
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He woke up from a horrible nightmare .
他从可怕的噩梦中惊醒。
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I had a nightmare last night , and lost sleep .
昨夜我作了个恶梦，失眠了。
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I had a nightmare last night .
我昨夜做了一个恶梦。
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I woke cold and shaking from the nightmare .
我从恶梦中醒来，吓得直打冷战。
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