bete noire (n.)"person or thing regarded with especial aversion," 1844, from French bête noire, literally "the black beast." For bête see beast; noire is from Latin niger (see Negro).
bête noire/ˌbet ˈnwɑː(r); NAmEˌbet ˈnwɑːr/noun(pluralbêtes noires/ˌbet ˈnwɑː(r); NAmEˌbet ˈnwɑːr;ˌbet ˈnwɑːrz/)( from French) a person or thing that particularly annoys you and that you do not like 特别讨厌的人(或事物)bête noire/ˌbet ˈnwɑː(r); NAmEˌbet ˈnwɑːr/bêtes noires/ˌbet ˈnwɑː(r); NAmEˌbet ˈnwɑːr;ˌbet ˈnwɑːrz/
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