English Dictionary

bête noire

/beɪtˈnwɑː/

noun

An anathema; someone or something which is particularly disliked or avoided; an object of aversion, the bane of one’s existence.

Spiders are my bête noire.

意味（1）

An anathema; someone or something which is particularly disliked or avoided; an object of aversion, the bane of one’s existence.

The CD was leaning against the side of the right-hand shelf unit, so to get a firm grip with a fingertip, he was going to have to use his left hand. It went against every instinct he had about getting greasy fingermarks on CDs, a personal bête noire, but on this occasion he was just going to have to put up with it.