| 单词 | killjoy |
| 释义 | killjoy noun[C] disapprovinguk/ˈkɪl.dʒɔɪ/us/ˈkɪl.dʒɔɪ/apersonwho does not like otherpeopleenjoyingthemselves 令人扫兴的人；大煞风景的人Synonyms party pooperhumorous spoilsportinformaldisapproving stick-in-the-mudinformaldisapproving wet blanketdisapproving People who are boring and old-fashioned
Examplesofkilljoykilljoy Killjoycoughed (or laughed) the patient. From theCambridge English Corpus Those of us who speak in such terms, do not wish to be killjoys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In a debate of this sort, it is not being akilljoyto note some of the areas of concern. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not akilljoyin these matters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not a matter of austerity; there is no need for any of us to become killjoys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have been worried about advocating strong action on this for fear of being thought to be killjoys or somehow interfering with people's fundamental freedom. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I say definitely that we who adopt this point of view have no intention whatever of being killjoys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This aspect has been hugely exaggereated by some of the killjoys among us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We who are concerned over this subject are not killjoys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I, for one, repudiate the idea that these people are killjoys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not akilljoy—in my childhood, bonfire night was one of the highlights of the year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This motion is in no way motivated by spite or akilljoyattitude which tries to curb or control other people's pleasures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No one who knows him could subscribe to the view that he is akilljoy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have no wish to be akilljoy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not want to be killjoys, but we must realise that we are dealing with a real problem, which has affected so many people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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