bete noire

英 [ˌbet ˈnwɑː(r)]

美 [ˌbet ˈnwɑːr]

n.  特别讨厌的人(或事物)

牛津词典

noun

• 特别讨厌的人（或事物）
  a person or thing that particularly annoys you and that you do not like

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 讨厌鬼；眼中钉，肉中刺
  If you refer to someone or something as yourbete noire, you mean that you have a particular dislike for them or that they annoy you a great deal.
  1. Our real bete noire is the car boot sale.
     我们最烦那些用汽车后备箱摆摊卖旧货的。

英英释义

noun

• a detested person
  1. he is an anathema to me
  Synonym:anathema

双语例句

• The rising awareness of climate change has made coal the bete Noire of many politicians and environmentalists, eclipsing even nuclear power in terms of controversy.
  日益渐长的气候变化意识，使煤炭成为许多政客和环保人士的眼中钉，引发比核能更大的争议。
• Since the Lehman bankruptcy filing he has become a public bete noire, taking flak for everything from excessive pay to excessive hubris
  自从雷曼申请破产以来，他已成为公众眼中的罪人，饱受诟病，从薪酬过高到过于傲慢自大，骂名不一而足
• Our real bete noire is the car boot sale.
  我们最烦那些用汽车后备箱摆摊卖旧货的。