Bugbear
something that makes people feel annoyed or worried
使人烦恼/担心的东西
英语单词“bugbear”可以形容“特别让某个人心烦或讨厌的事”。这个由“bug 虫子”和“bear 熊”组成的词语和动物之间并没有直接的联系。据说，“bugbear”一词源于民间传说，是一个喜欢吓唬不守规矩的孩子们的神秘生物。
Examples
It’s a bugbear of mine that you smack your lips while eating.
我很受不了你吃饭时吧唧嘴的这个习惯。
Gemma’s loud neighbour has been her biggest bugbear recently.
杰玛的邻居很吵闹，这是近来最让她头疼的事。
Constant littering is a major bugbear for the town council.
经常有人乱仍垃圾是一件让地方政府感到非常头疼的事。
Paperwork is our worst bugbear.
文书工作是我们最头痛的事。
Now we think of a bugbear as something annoying, a thing that bugs you, but originally a bugbear was thought to be a supernatural creature in the form of a bear that specifically preyed on children.
现在我们用bugbear来指令人讨厌的事物，让人心烦的事。 但最初，bugbear被认为是一种超自然的生物，有着熊的外形，专门捕食小孩。
Always remember that you are absolutely unique.
永远记住，你是独一无二的。
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http://www.bbees.com/daily/
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