单词bogeyman
n.: （用以吓唬小孩的）鬼怪
网络: 魔鬼；怪物玩具；妖怪
（用以吓唬小孩的）鬼怪:
an imaginary evil spirit that is used to frighten children
威协性很大的对手
魔鬼
复数：bogeymen
n.bogeymonsterboogercreaturebeast
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Genetically modified crops are not a panacea, but they are also not the bogeyman the media has allowed the public to believe.
转基因作物不是万灵药，但是它们也不是怪物，而媒体让公众相信它们是怪物。
On the one hand, Google has become a privacy bogeyman , dropping off the list of the top 20 companies trusted with customer privacy.
一方面，谷歌变成了侵犯隐私的魔鬼，它留下被委托管理顾客隐私的的排前20名的公司名单。
Pressure groups welcomed the suggestion that the latest health " bogeyman " could be eradicated from the nation"s diet.
压力集团欢迎将最新的健康“妖怪”彻底从国内饮食中驱逐出去。
The policy may jangle inflationary nerves but it is in fact designed to combat deflation, the new bogeyman.
这项政策可能会挑动对通货膨胀的紧张，但这实际上是设计来应对通货紧缩这个新的恶魔的。
Mr Shvartsman became a political bogeyman and a new player in a growing war between Kremlin clans overnight.
一夜之间，谢瓦采曼就成为了一个政治怪才，也成为日益升温的政府派系斗争中的新玩家。