bogeyman

UK:  ['bəʊɡi.mæn]

US:  ['bʊɡi.mæn]

复数：bogeymen  

n.

1.魔鬼

2.威协性很大的对手

1 . Clearly, many media outlets disagree, and it's easy to see why: Prostitutes represent a cultural bogeyman.
无疑，很多媒体渠道不同意这一观点，原因很明显：失足妇女代表一种文化恶棍。

2 . After all, finding a foreign bogeyman at a time of domestic economic dissatisfaction is hardly unusual.
毕竟，在国内经济不满时找一个外国怪物并不罕见。

3 . Fear and hype surround radiation, which has become something of a bogeyman in part because of popular culture.
有关核辐射的恐惧和炒作由于在某种程度上受大众文化影响，变得像鬼怪一样。

4 . One of the great curiosities of recent years has been the transformation of Tony Benn from a national bogeyman to national treasure.
近年来最令人好奇的事之一是托尼·本从国家恶魔变成了国宝。

5 . The fact that both parties are happy to portray China as the bogeyman of globalisation creates an impression of uniform hostility.
两大党都把中国描述成全球化经济中的鬼怪让人觉得美国人对中国政府的一致敌意。