bogeyman /ˈbəʊɡɪˌmæn/ (alsobogeyman,boogeyman)

• 1.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A bogeyman is an imaginary evil spirit. Some parents tell their children that the bogeyman will catch them if they behave badly. 鬼怪 [oft 'the' N]
• 2.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A bogeyman is someone whose ideas or actions are disapproved of by some people, and who is described by them as evil or unpleasant in order to make other people afraid. 怪物 [usu with supp] [表不满]

  例：

  The media depict him as a left-wing bogeyman.

  媒体把他描绘成一个左翼怪物。