nightmare noun ⇨nightmare (The trip turned into a nightmare.)⇨dream (He still has nightmares about the accident.)nightmare
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nightmare ♦︎ ordeal ♦︎ horror ♦︎ trauma ♦︎ hellThese are all words for an unpleasant or frightening experience.这些词均表示可怕的经历、磨难、痛苦的经历。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a nightmare / ordeal / trauma for sb◆a terrible nightmare / ordeal / horror◆a / an absolute / living nightmare / hell◆a terrifying nightmare / ordeal◆to suffer a nightmare / an ordeal / a horror / a trauma◆to experience an ordeal / a horror / a trauma◆to go through an ordeal / a trauma / hell◆to survive a nightmare / an ordeal / a trauma■nightmareˈnaɪtmeə(r); NAmEˈnaɪtmer [countable] (ratherinformal) an experience or situation that is very frightening and unpleasant, or very difficult to deal with可怕的经历;难以处理之事;噩梦◆The trip turned into a nightmare when they both got sick.他们俩都病了,这次旅行成了一场噩梦。◆Nobody knows what's going on-it's a nightmare!谁也不知道是怎么回事,真是棘手至极!◆Losing a child is most people's worst nightmare.对于大多数人来说,丧子之痛是最可怕的梦魇。◆These new regulations will be an administrative nightmare.这些新的规章制度将会造成管理难题。■ordealɔːˈdiːl, ˈɔːdiːl; NAmEɔːrˈdiːl [countable, usually singular] a difficult, painful or unpleasant experience, often one that lasts for some time磨难;折磨;严酷的考验◆They were spared the ordeal of giving evidence in court.他们免受出庭作证的难堪。◆The interview was less of an ordeal than she'd expected.面试并非如她想象的那样可怕。■horror [countable, usually plural] all the terrible things connected with a shocking or frightening situation or experience使人恐惧的事件;极其可怕的经历◆He witnessed the horrors of civil war.他目睹了内战的恐怖。■traumaˈtrɔːmə; NAmEˈtraʊmə [countable, uncountable] an unpleasant or shocking experience that makes you feel upset and/or anxious, usually for a long time afterwards痛苦经历;挫折◆She felt exhausted after the traumas of recent weeks.她经受了最近几个星期的痛苦之后感到精疲力竭。 see also traumatic ⇨ painful2, traumatize ⇨ frighten■hell [uncountable, singular] (ratherinformal) a very unpleasant experience or situation in which sb suffers very much苦难的经历;悲惨的境况◆Her parents made her life hell.她的父母使她生活得很痛苦。◆The last few weeks have been a living hell for the refugees.过去的几个星期对那些难民来说简直是人间地狱。