柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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    怪人;怪物;坏蛋
    A bogeyman is someone whose ideas or actions are disapproved of by some people, and who is described by them as evil or unpleasant in order to make other people afraid.
    例句
    The media depict him as a left-wing bogeyman. 媒体把他描述成一个左翼大反派。
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    (父母用来吓唬小孩的)鬼怪,妖怪
    A bogeyman is an imaginary evil spirit. Some parents tell their children that the bogeyman will catch them if they behave badly.