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单词 nightmare scenario
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Word forms: plural nightmare scenarios
countable noun [usually singular]
If you describe a situation or event as a nightmare scenario, you mean that it is one of the worst possible things that could happen.
The sudden outbreak of a lethal virus is a nightmare scenario.

nightmare scenario in British English

(ˈnaɪtˌmɛə sɪˈnɑːrɪəʊ)
noun
an imagined event or set of events which are adverse or unpleasant
If their demands are not met, nurses will go on strike, a nightmare scenario forthe Government.
The Conservatives polled enough votes to avoid the 'nightmare scenario' of gainingfewer than 1000 seats.
If he was proved right about BSE, he envisaged a nightmare scenario for the Britishsheep-farming industry.

Examples of 'nightmare scenario' in a sentence
nightmare scenario

What nightmare scenario had led me to this?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
My mind can quickly scroll through nightmare scenarios of terrible things that others could do to me or my loved ones.
Christianity Today (2000)
It would be a nightmare scenario.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It used to be the nightmare scenario that the world would run out of oil and civilisation would grind to a halt.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This is a nightmare scenario but it is not far-fetched.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The nightmare scenario for party leaders is a split convention in July.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
If it came here, it could be a nightmare scenario.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This is the nightmare scenario.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The Lehman collapse has worsened the outlook for already fragile media businesses to such an extent that a nightmare scenario is looming.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
When his home was raided in 2006, a nightmare scenario was uncovered.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
To many Norwegians that is a nightmare scenario; they fear the case could resurface in the courts and media for decades.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
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