albatross
英 [ˈælbətrɒs]
美 [ˈælbətrɑːs]
n. 信天翁(白色长翼大海鸟，生活于太平洋和南半球海洋); 惹麻烦的事; 苦恼; 障碍
复数：albatrosses
BNC.21917 / COCA.20677
牛津词典
noun
- 信天翁（白色长翼大海鸟，生活于太平洋和南半球海洋）
a very large white bird with long wings that lives in the Pacific and Southern Oceans - 惹麻烦的事；苦恼；障碍
a thing that causes problems or prevents you from doing sth
柯林斯词典
- 信天翁
Analbatrossis a very large white seabird. - N-COUNT 沉重的负担；无法摆脱的苦恼；障碍
If you describe something or someone as analbatrossaround your neck, you mean that they cause you great problems from which you cannot escape, or they prevent you from doing what you want to do.- Privatization could become a political albatross for the ruling party.
私有化可能会成为该执政党一个难以摆脱的政治障碍。
- Privatization could become a political albatross for the ruling party.
英英释义
noun
- large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings
- (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
- she was an albatross around his neck