If their demands are not met, nurses will go on strike, a nightmare scenario for the Government.如果要求得不到满足, 护士们就会举行罢工, 这对政府而言是件可怕的事。

The Conservatives polled enough votes to avoid the 'nightmare scenario' of gaining fewer than 1000 seats.保守党得到了足够多的选票, 避免了席位不足一千的“可怖局面”。

If he was proved right about BSE, he envisaged a nightmare scenario for the British sheep-farming industry.如果他就疯牛病的观点被证明是对的, 这将预示着英国绵羊业的梦魇。