nightmarish 英 ['naɪtˌmeərɪʃ]   美 ['naɪtˌmerɪʃ]

nightmarish

nightmarish  英 ['naɪtˌmeərɪʃ] 美 ['naɪtˌmerɪʃ]

adj. 可怕的;恶梦似的;不愉快的 

In the nightmarish city center, what they saw at the school gate was heart-stopping: four unattended book bags. 在可怕的市中心,他们在校门看到的一幕几乎让他们心跳停止:四个孤零零的书包散在地上。
In the process he provides a timely reminder of how quickly a utopian vision can be transformed into a nightmarish reality. 他在书中适时地提醒人们,一个乌托邦式愿景可以多么迅速地变形为噩梦般的现实。

  • Something nightmarish is truly horrifying, something that would show up in a bad dream. Your nightmarish day might start with a car accident on the way to school and end with a fight with your best friend.
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  • adj. 可怕的;恶梦似的;不愉快的
  • 1. In the nightmarish city center, what they saw at the school gate was heart-stopping: four unattended book bags.

    在可怕的市中心,他们在校门看到的一幕几乎让他们心跳停止:四个孤零零的书包散在地上。

  • 2. In the process he provides a timely reminder of how quickly a utopian vision can be transformed into a nightmarish reality.

    他在书中适时地提醒人们,一个乌托邦式愿景可以多么迅速地变形为噩梦般的现实。

  • 3. AM: It's true that there are nightmarish images from hell but this was part of the medieval mentality.

    梅宾:确实有这些噩梦般的图像但这是中世纪精神的一部份。

  • nightmarish (adj.) 1834, from nightmare + -ish. Related: Nightmarishly; nightmarishness.
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