nightmare horrible dream frightening dream
In practice a graduate tax is an administrative nightmare.
毕业税具体操作起来不啻一场行政噩梦。
—— 柯林斯例句Discovering your child takes drugs is a nightmare scenario for most parents.
对大多数父母来说,发现自己的孩子吸毒简直就是场噩梦。
—— 柯林斯例句Often he would have bad dreams and cry out in his sleep.
他常常做噩梦,并且在梦里喊出声来。
—— 柯林斯例句They have nightmares, they startle easily.
他们做噩梦,经常从梦中惊醒。
—— 柯林斯例句The years in prison were a nightmare.
监狱里的那些年是一场噩梦。
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