Traffic jams are the bane of my morning commute.
交通堵塞是我早晨通勤的烦恼根源。
The bane of city living is often considered to be the constant:
B — commotion. “bane” means n. a cause of great distress or annoyance
Endless paperwork was the ______ of the busy manager's daily working life.
D — bane. “bane” means n. a cause of great distress or annoyance
bane — n. a cause of great distress or annoyance. In Chinese: n. 祸根，烦恼的根源.
bane is pronounced /beɪn/. It breaks into 1 syllable: bane.
Traffic jams are the bane of my morning commute. (交通堵塞是我早晨通勤的烦恼根源。)
curse, plague, nuisance, scourge — all close in meaning to bane (n. a cause of great distress or annoyance).
Yes. bane appears on the iSEE Vocab Upper list, which covers 804 words for the ISEE and SSAT.
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