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devil
devəl ˈdɛvəl
Word forms: plural devils
1 N-PROPER (犹太教、基督教和伊斯兰教中的)魔王，撒旦 In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the Devil is the most powerful evil spirit. (犹太教、基督教和伊斯兰教中的)魔王，撒旦
2 N-COUNT 魔鬼;恶魔 A devil is an evil spirit. 魔鬼;恶魔

  • ...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

SYN evil spirit, demon, fiend, ghoul
3 N-COUNT (用于强调)家伙，人 You can use devil to emphasize the way you feel about someone. For example, if you call someone a poor devil, you are saying that you feel sorry for them. You can call someone you are fond of but who sometimes annoys or irritates you an old devil or a little devil . (用于强调)家伙，人 [informal, feelings]

  • 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。

  • Susie, you're a determined little devil.

    苏茜，你真是个坚决的小家伙。

SYN person, individual, soul, creature
4 N-COUNT 淘气鬼;冒失鬼 If you refer to someone as a devil, you mean that they do not behave very well but you like them and are not angry with them. 淘气鬼;冒失鬼 [informal]

  • '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。

5 PHRASE [v-link PHR n] (用于强调)极其讨厌（或糟糕、麻烦）的 Devil can be used to emphasize what you think about someone or something. For example, if you say that someone is a devil of a nuisance, you mean that they are very annoying. If you say that something is a devil of a problem, you mean that it is a very difficult problem. (用于强调)极其讨厌（或糟糕、麻烦）的 [emphasis]

  • 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？

6 PHRASE 宁可跟熟识的魔鬼打交道(也比跟未知的魔鬼打交道好) If you say better the devil you know or better the devil you know than the devil you don't know, you mean that you would prefer to have contact with or do business with a person you already know, even though you don't like them, than with a person you don't know. 宁可跟熟识的魔鬼打交道(也比跟未知的魔鬼打交道好) [mainly British]
7 PHRASE [VERB inflects, PHRASE to-infinitive, PHRASE -ing] (用于强调)需煞费苦心（做），要大费周折（做） If you say that you had the devil's own job to do something or that you had a devil of a job doing something, you are emphasizing that it was difficult to do it. (用于强调)需煞费苦心（做），要大费周折（做） [British, informal, emphasis]

  • 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。

8 PHRASE 拼命地;竭力地;（开车）飞快地 If you say that someone does something like the devil, you are emphasizing that they put a lot of effort into it. If you say that someone drives like the devil, you are emphasizing that they drive very fast. 拼命地;竭力地;（开车）飞快地 [emphasis]

  • 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。

  • He must have driven like the devil.

    他一定是把车开得飞快。

9 PHRASE 落后者遭殃(形容或评论人人都只考虑自己而不顾别人) You can say the devil take the hindmost to describe or comment on a situation you disapprove of because people do only what is best for themselves without thinking about other people. 落后者遭殃(形容或评论人人都只考虑自己而不顾别人) [disapproval]

  • Every one for himself and the devil take the hindmost.

    人人都只考虑自己，谁落后谁倒霉。

10 PHRASE 进退维谷;左右为难 If you say that you are between the devil and the deep blue sea, you mean that you are in a difficult situation where you have to choose between two equally unpleasant courses of action. 进退维谷;左右为难
11 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 出卖灵魂;违背良心 If you say that someone has sold their soul to the devil, you mean that you disapprove of them because they have done something that you think is not right in order to get what they want. 出卖灵魂;违背良心 [disapproval]
12 PHRASE 说曹操，曹操到 People say speak of the devil, or in British English talk of the devil, if someone they have just been talking about appears unexpectedly. 说曹操，曹操到

  • Well, talk of the devil!

    呵，说曹操，曹操就到！

13 PHRASE (用于强调)究竟,到底 When you want to emphasize how annoyed or surprised you are, you can use an expression such as what the devil ,how the devil, or why the devil . (用于强调)究竟,到底 [informal, emphasis]

  • '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。

  • 'Why the devil did you do that?'

    “你到底为什么要那样做？”

Quotations
If the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness Fyodor Dostoevsky The Brothers Karamazov
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! Bible: Isaiah
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour Bible: I Peter
The serpent subtlest beast of all the field,
Of huge extent sometimes, with brazen eyes
And hairy mane terrific John Milton Paradise Lost
The devil's most devilish when respectable Elizabeth Barrett Browning Aurora Leigh
An apology for the Devil; It must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has written all the books Samuel Butler
Trends of devil
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BNC: 3542 COCA: 4907
devil

noun

VERB + DEVIL | DEVIL + NOUN | PHRASES VERB + DEVIL➤believe in相信魔鬼的存在◇Do you believe in the Devil?你相信魔鬼存在嗎？➤worship崇拜魔鬼▸➤be possessed by被魔鬼附身◇He behaved like someone possessed by devils.他的行為像着了魔一樣。DEVIL + NOUN➤worship對魔鬼的崇拜▸➤worshipper崇拜魔鬼的人PHRASES➤the devil incarnate (figurative) 魔鬼的化身◇His views make him the devil incarnate to extreme conservatives.他的觀點使他在極端保守黨人眼中成了魔鬼的化身。
BNC: 3542 COCA: 4907
BNC: 3542 COCA: 4907

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