单词 | bugaboo |
释义 | bugaboon. 吓唬人的东西, 令人头痛的事, 无端的恐惧, 鬼怪 bugaboo bug.a.boo AHD: [b¾g“…-b›”] D.J. [6bJg*7bu8]K.K. [6bJg*7bu]n.(名词) 【复数】 bug.a.boos 1. An object of obsessive, usually exaggerated fear or anxiety:吓唬人的东西:用来吓人的东西,常常夸大了其令人害怕或恐惧的程度:“Boredom, laziness and failure . . . These bugaboos, magnified by imagination, keep&I{[the workaholic]} running” (&b{Dun's Review})“烦恼、懒惰和失败,这些“拦路虎”被想象夸大了,使得[那些为免遭辞退而忘我工作的人] 疲于奔命” (邓恩评论)2. A recurring or persistent problem:令人头痛的事:反复出现或持续出现的问题:“the bugaboos that have plagued vision systems: high price and slow throughput”(&b{Lawrence A. Goshorn})“困扰着电视生产系统的难题:高成本与低生产能力”(劳伦斯A.戈斯霍恩)语源:[Perhaps of Celtic origin] [可能起源于凯尔特语] |
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