英语释义

1. the personal supreme spirit of evil often represented in Christian belief as the tempter of humankind, the leader of all apostate angels, and the ruler of hell —usually used with the —often used as an interjection, an intensive, or a generalized term of abuse
what the devil is this?the devil you say!

2. an evil spirit demon

3. an extremely wicked person fiend

4. a great evil

5. a person of notable energy, recklessness, and dashing spirit also one who is mischievous
those kids are little devils today

6. fellow —usually used in the phrases poor devil, lucky devil

7. something very trying or provoking
having a devil of a time with this problem

8. severe criticism or rebuke hell —used with the
I'll probably catch the devil for this

9. the difficult, deceptive, or problematic part of something
the devil is in the details

10. dust devil

11. the opposite of Truth a belief in sin, sickness, and death evil, error

12. faced with two equally objectionable alternatives

13. severe consequences —used with the
there'll be the devil to pay if we're late

14. to season highly
deviled eggs

15. tease, annoy

16. the most powerful spirit of evil in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam who is often represented as the ruler of hell

17. an evil spirit

18. a person who does bad things or causes trouble usually in a way that is not too serious

19. the most powerful spirit of evil

20. an evil spirit demon, fiend

21. a wicked or cruel person

22. an attractive, mischievous, or unfortunate person
a handsome devil poor devils

英汉例句

• 2：it「s already two weeks late. no matter how long it takes, you have to finish it tonight. there」s going to be the devil to pay if it「s not on the boss」s desk in the morning.

  那位办公室主管说：「报告已经晚了两星期了。你今晚不论花多长时间，都必须把它完成。如果明天一早还不交到老板的办公桌上的话，你可有大麻烦了。」这个例子里的there'sgoingtobethe devil to pay表达的意思是：某一项工作没有完成会造成很大的麻烦。

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