n.可怕的人；(虛構(gòu)來嚇唬小孩的）鬼怪

=bogyman.

The media depict him as a left-wing bogeyman. 媒體將他描述成一個左翼魔鬼。

Small children are right to fear the night-- but it is shift- worker, not bogeyman, they shall be worried about. 小孩子害怕晚上是正常的——但是他們應(yīng)該擔(dān)心的是上夜班的工人,而不是怪物。