albatross /ˈælbəˌtrɒs/

• 1. 

  N-COUNT An albatross is a very large white seabird. 信天翁

• 2. 

  N-COUNT If you describe something or someone as an albatross around your neck, you mean that they cause you great problems from which you cannot escape, or they prevent you from doing what you want to do. 枷锁; 包袱 [usu with supp] [表不满]

  例：

  Privatization could become a political albatross for the ruling party.

  私有化可能会成为执政党的政治包袱。