基本释义
- n.
- 魔鬼; 撒旦; 家伙; 淘气鬼
词性变化
- 复数:devils;
实用例句
I've had a devil of a job finding you.
我费了九牛二虎之力才找到你。
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We ran like the devil.
我们跑得飞快。
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Well, speak of the devil─here's Alice now!
嗬，说曹操，曹操就到——瞧，艾丽斯这不来啦！
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What the devil do you think you're doing?
你到底想干什么？
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They believed she was possessed by devils.
他们认为她是魔鬼附身。
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a naughty little devil
小淘气鬼
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I miss the old devil, now that he's gone.
老家伙这一走，我还真想他。
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She's off to Greece for a month─lucky devil!
她去希腊一个月——真是个幸运儿！
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Go on, be a devil, buy both of them.
来，怕什么，两个都买了吧！
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These berries are the devil to pick because they're so small.
这些浆果太小了，很难摘。
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She blamed the crimes on the local jobless teenagers. ‘The devil makes work for idle hands, ’ she would say.
她认为那些违法行为是当地的无业青少年所为，总是说：“人一闲，惹麻烦”。
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'What the devil's the matter?'
“究竟出了什么事？”
Tim wondered how the devil they had managed it...
蒂姆想知道他们究竟是怎么做到的。
Well, talk of the devil!
呵，说曹操，曹操就到！
Every one for himself and the devil take the hindmost.
人人都只考虑自己，谁落后谁倒霉。
He must have driven like the devil.
他一定是把车开得飞快。
'I think he was a bit of a devil,' Constance said.
“我想他有点儿淘气，”康斯坦丝说道。
He was always a devil of a nuisance...
他总是极讨人厌。
It's a devil of a tricky problem,isn't it?
这是个非常棘手的问题，不是吗？
We had the devil's own job to persuade him to take part.
我们说服他参加可费了一番周折。
He drives himself on, working like the devil from seven in the morning until midnight...
他不断敦促自己，从早上 7 点一直拼命工作到午夜。
...the idea of angels with wings and devils with horns and hoofs.
天使长着翅膀、魔鬼长着角和蹄这样的观念
I felt sorry for Blake, poor devil...
我替布莱克感到难过，这个可怜的家伙。
Manfred, you're a suspicious old devil...
曼弗雷德，你是个可疑的老家伙。
真题例句
I especially like the episode called "The Printer's Devil.
出自-2013年6月听力原文Smith, it seems, is really the devil!
出自-2013年6月听力原文Small wonder that an Indian legend described Devils Tower as being formed by supernatural powers.
出自-2016年12月听力原文Devils Tower, the first national monument in America, could almost be mistaken for the stump of an enormous tree.
出自-2016年12月听力原文Devils Tower is a relic of the past.
出自-2016年12月听力原文Born in fire and fury, Devils Tower was then shaped by the slow, gentle work of wind and water.
出自-2016年12月听力原文In the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada ,Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, scolds her unattractive assistant for imagining that high fashion doesn’t affect her, Priestly explains how the deep blue color of the assistant’s sweater descended over the years from fashion shows to departments stores and to the bargain bin in which the poor girl doubtless found her garment.
出自-2013年考研阅读原文In the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada, miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, scolds her unattractive assistant for imagining that high fashion doesn't affect her.
2013年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ英英释义
1. one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief
2. a word used in exclamations of confusion;
"what the devil"
"the deuce with it"
"the dickens you say"
3. a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man);
"he chased the young hellions out of his yard"
4. a cruel wicked and inhuman person
1. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;
"Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"
"It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
2. coat or stuff with a spicy paste;
"devilled eggs"