| 词组 | nightmare |
| 释义 | nightmare /ˈnaɪtmeə $ -mer/ noun a very difficult, unpleasant, or frightening experience or situationadjectivesan absolute/complete nightmare The whole day was an absolute nightmare.a real nightmare The situation with our neighbours is a real nightmare.the ultimate nightmare (=the worst possible situation) The ultimate nightmare for any parent is to suffer the loss of a child.sb’s worst nightmare (=the worst possible thing someone can imagine) Forgetting your lines is every actor’s worst nightmare.a long nightmare The country’s long nightmare of civil war began in 1992.a living/waking nightmare (=something extremely bad that happens in your life) Being told I had cancer was a waking nightmare.a personal/private nightmare His personal nightmare began when he returned home and found his wife dead.a logistical nightmare (=something that is very complicated and difficult to organize) Arranging childcare during the school vacation can be a logistical nightmare.an administrative/bureaucratic nightmare (=something that is very complicated and difficult to organize and record) Dealing with so many new applications is an administrative nightmare.verbsbecome/turn into a nightmare Their honeymoon turned into a nightmare when they were involved in a car accident.a nightmare begins/ends The nightmare began when her mother became ill. | We just want this nightmare to end!end a nightmare Her return home ended a three-year legal nightmare which began when she was arrested.a nightmare comes true (=something bad that someone fears actually happens) The company’s worst financial nightmare has now come true.relive a nightmare (=experience it again) The court case is forcing him to relive the nightmare of his daughter’s death.nightmare + nounsa nightmare scenario (=a very bad situation) The nightmare scenario would be if my wife and I both lost our jobs.a nightmare vision (=a very bad situation that might happen) The book presents a nightmare vision of Britain in the next century.a nightmare world (=a situation in which everything is bad and there is nothing good) It’s hard to understand how people survived the nightmare world of the concentration camps.a nightmare journey/trip Commuters are facing a nightmare journey to work due to the train drivers’ strike.a nightmare day/week etc The resignations end a nightmare week for the president.prepositionsa nightmare for sb The past year has been a nightmare for the family.the nightmare of sth For some children the nightmare of abuse continues. |
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