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.
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The media depict him as a left-wing bogeyman.媒體把他描述成一個左翼大反派。
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(父母用來嚇唬小孩的)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.