| 单词 | nightmare |
| 释义 | nightmare (naɪtmeəʳ ) Word forms: nightmares 1. countable noun B1 A nightmare is a very frightening dream. All the victims still suffered nightmares. Jane did not eat cheese because it gives her nightmares. Synonyms: bad dream, hallucination, night terror 2. countable noun B1+ 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. Synonyms: ordeal, trial, hell [informal], horror 3. countable noun B1+ 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. [emphasis] Taking my son Peter to a restaurant was a nightmare. In practice a graduate tax is an administrative nightmare. Collocations: administrative nightmare A crackdown would be a costly administrative nightmare, they argue. Times, Sunday Times However, leading actuaries argue that cutting the rebate before the introduction of the universal pension would be an administrative nightmare for employers running final-salary schemes. Times, Sunday Times But anyone who has tried this will recognise that it becomes an administrative nightmare. Times, Sunday Times Business groups said that the judgment by an employment appeal tribunal left employers facing significant extra costs and the 'administrative nightmare' of having to recalculate how their staff are paid. Times, Sunday Times An administrative nightmare, in other words. Times, Sunday Times He couldn't build a car park without it becoming a vast bureaucratic nightmare. Times, Sunday Times (2012) But isn't sourcing much of your wine from smaller producers a bureaucratic nightmare? Times, Sunday Times (2009) It would also be a bureaucratic nightmare to invoice patients and collect fees. Times, Sunday Times (2014) They are a complete nightmare to make - especially with a bad back. The Sun (2009) At this time of year the crowds can be a complete nightmare. Times, Sunday Times (2007) She is my idea of a complete nightmare. Times, Sunday Times (2008) And the whole thing has been a complete nightmare. Times, Sunday Times (2008) One commentator has raised the nightmare vision of libraries becoming 'raucous gaming arcades filled with fast food and people screaming on mobile phones'. Times, Sunday Times I had this nightmare vision and ran there. The Sun The film opens with a nightmare vision. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Nobody currently working can craft such ornate and haunting nightmare visions. Times, Sunday Times But no amount of chemicals can cleanse the nightmare visions left in their minds. The Sun I have a recurring nightmare in which I lose my handbag. Times, Sunday Times (2013) When I was a teenager I used to have a recurring nightmare exactly like this. Times, Sunday Times (2013) I have a recurring nightmare where I have hair coming out of my mouth. The Sun (2015) And with those health warnings out of the way, let me relive the nightmare. Times, Sunday Times We would relive the nightmare of three years ago, only partly tempered by the hope that the authorities and the banks are better prepared than they were then. Times, Sunday Times Or they will be in real danger of reliving a nightmare for years to come. The Sun Villagers forced to abandon their smallholdings and scavenge for food in the jungle are reliving the nightmare. Times, Sunday Times All these years later, there remains a hint of anxiety in her voice as she relives the nightmare triggered on that warm summer morning. Times, Sunday Times She eventually got home and prayed it had all been a terrible nightmare. The Sun It has been a terrible nightmare and ordeal. Times, Sunday Times Or a nightmare, a terrible, terrible nightmare. Times, Sunday Times It was dreadful, a terrible nightmare. Times, Sunday Times It seems like a simple case but it soon escalates into a terrible nightmare. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But it has sparked a traffic nightmare for residents. The Sun Several access lanes to the bridge were then closed, on the anniversary of 9/11 no less, creating a traffic nightmare for the disloyal town for several days. Times, Sunday Times End times will come but this traffic nightmare will endure. Globe and Mail Second, there was only one road leading to and from the stadium, thus creating a traffic nightmare. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Despite having 222 mi of streetcar tracks, the city found itself in a growing traffic nightmare. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That would be the ultimate nightmare for clubs who are already leveraged up to their necks despite that annual windfall. The Sun It's the ultimate nightmare: being arrested by an all-powerful regime for an unnamed crime and having no recourse to appeal. Times, Sunday Times The days when paper makers were the ultimate nightmare cyclical stocks, with supply and demand always falling out of kilter, are largely over. Times, Sunday Times That would be the ultimate nightmare as the club would lose 12 points, putting them on zero. The Sun First the disaster, which made you feel, suitably enough, as if you were in a particularly vivid nightmare. Times, Sunday Times Pelvic pressure, lower-back pain, vivid nightmares and the need to go to the bathroom were all common factors. Times, Sunday Times Waking in the middle of the night with vivid nightmares. The Sun He was haunted by vivid nightmares for weeks as his brain tried to muddle through the trauma. Times, Sunday Times The scientists began to suffer delusions, sudden mood changes, and vivid nightmares. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 My worst nightmare was when I was asked to do a Comic Relief cooking thing. The Sun (2014) At some performances, the worst nightmare of any tenor occurred: he cracked on some of his high notes. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The thought of my daughter being at risk is my worst nightmare. The Sun (2016) It's your worst nightmare. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Translations: Chinese: 噩梦 Japanese: 悪夢 |
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