bane
英 [beɪn]
美 [ben]
- n. 毒药；祸害；灭亡的原因
- n. (Bane)人名；(法)巴纳；(塞)巴内；(日)伴卫(名)；(英)贝恩
TEM8 GRE
bane 造成困扰的事物来自PIE *gwhen, 击，杀。词源同gun, 枪。defend, 挡开，防御。
- bane (n.)
- Old English bana "killer, slayer, murderer; the devil," from Proto-Germanic *banon, cognate with *banja- "wound" (cognates: Old Frisian bona "murderer," Old Norse bani, Old High German bana "murder," Old English benn "wound," Gothic banja "stroke, wound"), from PIE root *gwhen- "to strike, kill, wound" (cognates: Avestan banta "ill"). Modern sense of "that which causes ruin or woe" is from 1570s.
- 1. Rain is the bane of holiday-makers.
- 雨天令度假者头疼。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The neighbours' kids are the bane of my life .
- 街坊邻居的孩子让我生活得很不安宁。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. A swine over fat is the cause of his own bane.
- 猪死都因身过肥.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Avarice is the bane to happiness.
- 贪婪是损毁幸福的祸根.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. Spots can be the bane of a teenager's life.
- 粉刺会给青少年带来无尽的烦恼。
来自辞典例句
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