bane

• n. 毒藥；禍害；滅亡的原因
• n. (Bane)人名；(法)巴納；(塞)巴內；(日)伴衛(名)；(英)貝恩

來自PIE *gwhen, 擊，殺。詞源同gun, 槍。defend, 擋開，防禦。

bane (n.)

Old English bana "killer, slayer, murderer; the devil," from Proto-Germanic *banon, cognate with *banja- "wound" (cognates: Old Frisian bona "murderer," Old Norse bani, Old High German bana "murder," Old English benn "wound," Gothic banja "stroke, wound"), from PIE root *gwhen- "to strike, kill, wound" (cognates: Avestan banta "ill"). Modern sense of "that which causes ruin or woe" is from 1570s.

1. Rain is the bane of holiday-makers.

雨天令度假者頭疼。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The neighbours' kids are the bane of my life .

街坊鄰居的孩子讓我生活得很不安寧。

來自《權威詞典》

3. A swine over fat is the cause of his own bane.

豬死都因身過肥.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Avarice is the bane to happiness.

貪婪是損毀幸福的禍根.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. Spots can be the bane of a teenager's life.

粉刺會給青少年帶來無盡的煩惱。

來自辭典例句