bete noire

noun

1. 特别讨厌的人（或事物）
   a person or thing that particularly annoys you and that you do not like

1. N-SING 讨厌鬼；眼中钉，肉中刺
   If you refer to someone or something as your bete noire, you mean that you have a particular dislike for them or that they annoy you a great deal.
   1. Our real bete noire is the car boot sale.
      我们最烦那些用汽车后备箱摆摊卖旧货的。

1. Our real bete noire is the car boot sale.
   我们最烦那些用汽车后备箱摆摊卖旧货的。
2. Since the Lehman bankruptcy filing he has become a public bete noire, taking flak for everything from excessive pay to excessive hubris
   自从雷曼申请破产以来，他已成为公众眼中的罪人，饱受诟病，从薪酬过高到过于傲慢自大，骂名不一而足
3. The rising awareness of climate change has made coal the bete Noire of many politicians and environmentalists, eclipsing even nuclear power in terms of controversy.
   日益渐长的气候变化意识，使煤炭成为许多政客和环保人士的眼中钉，引发比核能更大的争议。

noun

1. a detested person
   1. he is an anathema to me

   Synonym:    anathema