bugbear

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Her authority in this new group was brittle and, like the fear of a bugbear by all of the young bees, all of the worker bees were watching to see if she would lead well.
她在這個(gè)新群躰中的權(quán)威岌岌可危，就像所有小蜜蜂都害怕妖怪一樣，所有工蜂都拭目以待，看她是不是能儅好這個(gè)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)。
Western criticism has bolstered those in Tehran whose instinct, at the first sign of trouble at home, is to seek foreign scapegoats. At the top of the list comes Iran’s favourite bugbear, Britain.
一旦國(guó)內(nèi)稍有狀況，德黑蘭的一些人便本能地在海外尋找替罪羊，西方評(píng)論對(duì)此加以了抨擊，而位列替罪羊名單首位的，就是英國(guó)。
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.
現(xiàn)在我們用bugbear來(lái)指令人討厭的事物，讓人心煩的事。但最初，bugbear被認(rèn)爲(wèi)是一種超自然的生物，有著熊的外形，專門(mén)捕食小孩。

The Spanish now rate politicians as a bigger problem than their old bugbear, terrorism.
ECONOMIST: Spain's economic woes
However, we also need to consider politics, the usual bugbear of any rational plan.
FORBES: Vodafone and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Its new bugbear is the Magyar Garda (Hungarian Guard), a self-styled civil-defence group.
ECONOMIST: The Hungarian far right