bugbear

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++bug·bear /ˈbʌɡbeə $ -ber/ noun [countable]  WORRIEDsomething that makes people feel annoyed or worried 使人烦恼[担心]的东西 Paperwork is our worst bugbear. 文书工作是我们最头痛的事。

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bugbear• One of his main bugbears is the foreign ownership of technology.• This seems to be a major bugbear of some guns, making them harder work than applying the adhesive from a tube.• He also mentioned an old bugbear - he thought Vincent should dress better.• Nor was it his other bugbear, the wicked arms manufacturers.• Johnson held a not dissimilar reciprocal opinion, comparing Monboddo to another of his own bugbears, Rousseau.• Finally, we come to the bugbear of the 1980s - rubbish collection.Origin bugbear (1500-1600) Probably from bug “evil spirit” ( → BUG1) + → BEAR21

bug·bear nounChineseSyllable  

or Corpus that something makes annoyed people feel

bugbear
bug‧bear /ˈbʌɡbeə $ -ber/ noun [countable]something that makes people feel annoyed or worried:
    Paperwork is our worst bugbear.

bug·bearBrE /ˈbʌɡbeə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbʌɡber/ 🔊 noun (especially BrE) a thing that annoys people and that they worry about 使人烦恼担忧的事；牵挂◆Inflation is the government's main bugbear. 通货膨胀是政府最头痛的问题。🔊🔊