| 词汇 | killjoy |
| 释义 | killjoy noun[ C ] disapprovinguk /ˈkɪl.dʒɔɪ/ us /ˈkɪl.dʒɔɪ/ a person who does not like other people enjoying themselves令人扫兴的人;大煞风景的人 Synonyms party pooperhumorous spoilsportinformaldisapproving stick-in-the-mudinformaldisapproving wet blanketdisapproving People who are boring and old-fashioned bore buzzkill Colonel Blimp crashing bore dinosaur drip fogey fun sponge grind has-been Luddite normcore nudnik spod spoilsport square stick-in-the-mud stuffed shirt uncharismatic yawn Examples of killjoykilljoy Killjoy coughed (or laughed) the patient. Those of us who speak in such terms, do not wish to be killjoys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In a debate of this sort, it is not being a killjoy to note some of the areas of concern. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not a killjoy in these matters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not a matter of austerity; there is no need for any of us to become killjoys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have been worried about advocating strong action on this for fear of being thought to be killjoys or somehow interfering with people's fundamental freedom. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I say definitely that we who adopt this point of view have no intention whatever of being killjoys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This aspect has been hugely exaggereated by some of the killjoys among us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We who are concerned over this subject are not killjoys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I, for one, repudiate the idea that these people are killjoys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not a killjoy—in my childhood, bonfire night was one of the highlights of the year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This motion is in no way motivated by spite or a killjoy attitude which tries to curb or control other people's pleasures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one who knows him could subscribe to the view that he is a killjoy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have no wish to be a killjoy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not want to be killjoys, but we must realise that we are dealing with a real problem, which has affected so many people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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