[N-COUNT 可数名词]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。
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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[N-COUNT 可数名词]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 可数名词]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.
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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。
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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night·mare/ˈnaɪtmeə(r); NAmEˈnaɪtmer/noun1a dream that is very frightening or unpleasant 噩梦;梦魇◆He still has nightmares about the accident.他仍然做噩梦梦见这场事故。2nightmare(for sb) an experience 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.这次旅行成了一场噩梦,他们俩都病了。◆( informal) Nobody knows what's going on— it's a nightmare!谁也不知道是怎么回事,真是糟透了!◆( informal) 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▶night·mar·ish/ˈnaɪtmeərɪʃ; NAmEˈnaɪtmerɪʃ/adjective◆nightmarish living conditions噩梦般的生活条件nightmarenightmaresnight·mare/ˈnaɪtmeə(r); NAmEˈnaɪtmer/night·mar·ish/ˈnaɪtmeərɪʃ; NAmEˈnaɪtmerɪʃ/
1a very frightening dreamnightmare about Years after the accident I still have nightmares about it. a recurring nightmare (=one which you have again and again)2[usually singular] a very difficult, unpleasant, or frightening experience or situation: Traffic was a nightmare.nightmare for This has been an absolute nightmare for me and my family.nightmare of (doing) something the nightmare of going through divorce It was every teacher’s worst nightmare (=the worst thing which could have happened). a nightmare journey3something terrible that you fear may happen in the futurenightmare of the nightmare of a nuclear warnightmare scenario (=the worst or most frightening situation that you can imagine)—nightmarish adjectiveCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2adjectivesan absolute/complete nightmare· The whole day was an absolute nightmare.a real nightmare· The situation with our neighbours is a real nightmare!the ultimate nightmare (=the worst possible situation)· The ultimate nightmare for any parent is to suffer the loss of a child.somebody's worst nightmare (=the worst possible situation)· The outbreak of foot and mouth disease was farming's worst nightmare.a long nightmare· How can we bring an end to the long nightmare in the Middle East?a living/waking nightmare (=something extremely bad that happens in your life)· Being told I had cancer was a waking nightmare.a logistical nightmare (=something that is very complicated and difficult to organize)· Arranging childcare during the summer can be a logistical nightmare.an administrative/bureaucratic nightmare (=something that is very complicated and difficult to keep accurate records of)· Dealing with so many new applications for asylum is an administrative nightmare.a personal/private nightmare (=a very bad situation that affects only one person)· His personal nightmare began when he was arrested for murder.verbsbe a nightmare· The whole holiday was a nightmare.become/turn into a nightmare· Their honeymoon turned into a nightmare when they were involved in a car accident.a nightmare begins· The nightmare began when her mother fell ill.a nightmare ends· We just want this nightmare to end!end a nightmare· He longed for something to end the nightmare.a nightmare comes true (=something bad that someone fears actually happens)· The company's worst financial nightmare has now come true.nightmare + NOUNthe nightmare scenario (=the worst possible situation)· Emergency planners are trying to prepare for this nightmare scenario.a nightmare vision (=a very bad situation that might happen)· The book gives us a nightmare vision of a family destroyed by one man's secrets.a nightmare world (=a situation in which everything is bad and there is nothing good)· It's hard to understand how people survived the nightmare world of the concentration camps.a nightmare journey/trip (=an extremely unpleasant journey)· Commuters are facing a nightmare journey to work due to the tube drivers strike.
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