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单词 horror story
释义
horror story
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhɒr.ə ˌstɔː.ri/us
/ˈhɔːr.ɚ ˌstɔːr.i/
astoryin which veryfrighteningandunnaturalthingshappen
恐怖故事
areportofrealeventsin which things have gone verywrong:
糟糕的经历
theusualtravelhorrorstoriesaboutdelaysat theairportandflightcancellations旅行中通常会碰到的机场延误或航班取消等糟糕的经历
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(Definition ofhorror storyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

horror story| American Dictionary

horror story
noun[C]
us
/ˈhɔr·ər ˌstɔr·i,ˈhɑr·ər,ˌstoʊr·i/
asituationthat someonetellsyou about in which somethingbadhappens:
I’vehearda lot of horror stories aboutpeopledrivingtheircarandsuddenlythesteeringwheelwon’tturn.
(Definition ofhorror storyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This useful heuristic revealed a logisticalhorrorstory.
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The tragedy is that, almost every day, we hear of anotherhorrorstoryabout one of our railway services.
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When full investigations were made, what was discovered reads like ahorrorstory.
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In the earlier part of his speech, however, he allowed a positivehorrorstoryto unfold before our very eyes.
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That is ahorrorstoryfor one's constituents, if no other policies are pursued.
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Anyway, what happened was not thehorrorstorythat people feared.
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No week passes without some newhorrorstory.
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Chapter 4 of the report, in particular, is ahorrorstory.
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The water authority's current proposal is ahorrorstoryby comparison.
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But it is not a lot lower and it is far from being thehorrorstorythat we usually read about in the press.
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I have heardhorrorstoryafterhorrorstorylike that.
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This is not somehorrorstorywhich we see in the cinema and then can forget.
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It may not sound very imaginative, but this was not a work of fiction, though parts of it read like ahorrorstory.
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Therefore, to tell thehorrorstoryof what would happen if these powers were not given does not exactly help the debate.
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That has rightly been viewed as a potentialhorrorstory, and we should devote our collective energies to regaining the public's trust.
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