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devilvt.(及物动词 transitive verb)- 【美•口】(使)烦恼,打扰,欺负,虐待
- (用绞肉机将肉绞细和以辛辣调料)炙烤(食物)
- (用碎布机)扯碎;(在涂改的底稿上)补写(漏写的字)
vi.(不及物动词 intransitive verb)- 做律师[作家]的助手;充当(印刷厂的)跑外小使
n.(名词 noun)- 恶魔,恶鬼,魔王
Needs must when the devil drives. 情势所迫,衹好如此(身在屋檐下,怎敢不低头) Talk [Speak] of the devil, and he will [is sure to] appear. 【谚】 说鬼鬼到,说人人到 The devil looks after his own. 【谚】 小时虽讨人厌,大来自有出息(坏蛋倒自有魔鬼照顾) The devil finds work for idle hands.=If the devil find a man idle, he'll set him to work. 【谚】 人若游手好闲,魔鬼就会来找他犯科作奸(小魔鬼最喜欢找游手好闲的人给他办事) The devil has the best tunes. 【谚】 恶人享乐多(恶人比善人的日子过得快活) Prefer the devil one knows to the one [devil] one doesn't know.=Better the devil one knows than the one [devil] one doesn't. 【谚】 宁愿知晓真情而遭灾,不愿莫明其妙地罹祸(宁愿和熟识的坏人打交道,不愿和不识其真面目的坏人往来) The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he. 【谚】 坏人遭苦难,便有敬神心,一旦灾难过,作恶又如前(急时抱佛脚,灾过不烧香)[源自威尔斯的讽刺诗作家 John Owen (1560?-1622) 的警句] (as) black as the devil 乌黑的 call up the Devil 魔女召来恶魔,乱上加乱 to beat the devil. - 恶魔头子,魔王,撒旦
- 怪异的偶像,邪神
- 【澳】魔力,咒文
- 大恶人;极难对付的事物,棘手的事物;可恶的动物;不道德的权势
the devil of greed 贪婪的人. - 精力充沛而鲁莽的人,能干的人,机灵鬼
Be a devil! 【口】碰运气试试看 Tasmanian devil. - 作家的代笔人,提刀人;印刷所学徒;律师助手;被人雇佣的男仆;走狗,侦探
- 悲惨的人,不幸的人
- 【口】斗志,攻击的锐气
- 【机】碎布机
- (建筑、铸造使用的)便携炉;火炉
- 【烹】加有辛辣调味品的菜肴(尤指烧烤的荤菜,如辣味烧肉)
- (印度、非洲等)尘暴,尘旋风(= dust devil)
- (基督教信仰疗法所指的)虚伪,错误
- (作为加强语气的词语使用)(cf. hell)
- (加强语气的疑问词)究竟,到底
Who the devil is he? 他究竟是谁? - (强调否定)决不…
The devil he is. 他是才怪呢(肯定不是). - (用 the devil 表示愤怒、诅咒、惊诧等语气)活见鬼!嗳呀!
- (Let) the devil take the hindmost!
- 落在后面的人遭殃(弱者、运气不佳者就得倒楣,所以每个人只能努力向前)
- a [the] devil of a...
- 【口】极糟的,非常麻烦[可恶]的;异常的;痛快的
a devil of a fellow 可怕的家伙,好汉.
- as the devil loves holy water
- be a devil for...
- 为…发疯
- be devil may care
- 漫不经心
- be the (very) devil
- 太难对付,受不了
- between the devil and the deep (blue) sea
- 进退维谷[前无去路后有追兵]
- devil a bit
- 决…不是
- devil a one
- 全无
- devil on two sticks
- 响簧,空竹(= diabolo)(旧称)
- full of the devil
- give the devil his due
- 说句公道话,持平而论(对自己厌恶的人甚至坏人也要公平对待)
- go to the devil
- 见鬼去吧!讨厌,使之适可而止,快滚开!!
- 毁灭;完蛋;堕落
- have the luck of the devil = have the devil's own
- in the devil
- (强调用法)究竟,到底
where in the devil...? 究竟在[去、住等]哪里?
- like the devil
- 拚命地,猛烈地,极端地
- paint the devil blacker than he is
- (人们谈到自己厌恶的人或事时总喜欢)夸大其词地讲坏话
- play the (very) devil with...
- 【口】弄糟,有害于
- 【口】对…严加申斥,大发雷霆;大骚动
- raise the devil
- the devil (and all) to pay
- 【口】(灾难造成的)恶果,严重后果
There'll be the devil to pay. 问题够严重了.
- the devil among the tailors
- 【英】正在大吵大闹,正在乱成一锅粥
- the devil and all
- 坏透了,全糟了,一切都砸锅了
- the devil of it
- 太难办的事情
for the devil of it 白白等待,愚弄人,空等一场.
- the devil's own
- 很困难的,极不寻常的
the devil's own job [time, problem, etc.]. 极困难的工作[时期,问题等].
同义: - dust devil(印度、非洲等)尘暴,尘旋风
- diabolo响簧,空竹
- full of the Old Nick
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