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单词 bane
释义
bane
noun
uk
/beɪn/us
/beɪn/
the bane ofsomething
acauseofcontinuoustroubleorunhappiness:
祸根，灾星，（麻烦或不幸的）根源
Keepingnoiselevelslowis the bane ofairportadministration.降低噪音一直是令机场管理部门倍感头疼的难题。
Thatcatis the bane ofmylife!那只猫简直是我的灾星！
Synonyms
curse
scourge
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(Definition ofbanefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

bane| American Dictionary

bane
noun[U]
us
/beɪn/
something that isparticularlyeffectiveincausingyoutroubleorworry:
Instead of doing hishomework, mysonis alwaysplayingcomputergames– they’re the bane of myexistencethesedays.
(Definition ofbanefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbane

bane
He believed that empire was "an invaluable antidote to the parochialism that is thebaneof domestic politics and the insularity that hampers smaller states".
From theCambridge English Corpus
The lack of accurate locality data for samples is thebaneof museum curators' lives.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In other cases, we may be left with fanciful speculation - leopard'sbane, goat's rue, toadflax.
From theCambridge English Corpus
To them, prescriptivism as such is not thebaneof effective teaching and learning.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We capture here a glimpse of thebaneof research synthesis.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There is always a danger with regulations that they become a claimant'sbaneand a lawyer's paradise.
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They are abaneto the people who have to live alongside them.
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We have already made it clear that national agreements are thebaneof the life of hospital managers.
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Inflation is thebaneand the blight of this country's economy, and that of many other countries too.
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Secondary legislation is thebaneof our current legislative process.
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Unsolicited goods have been a tremendousbaneto consumers when this sort of thing has occurred.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is a paradox that the modern technology that can be such a boon in our lives can also be such abane.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Open-ended state buying is thebaneof the common agricultural policy.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
If banding is to be truly effective, however, it is imperative to avoid the detailed valuation issues, which were thebaneof the rating system.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Boredom was thebaneof aristocracy, and most of their money was used to avoid or overcome it.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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