1ADJ-GRADED 糟透的;極其惡劣的;非常討厭的 If you describe something as diabolical, you are emphasizing that it is very bad, extreme, or unpleasant. 糟透的;極其惡劣的;非常討厭的 [informal, emphasis]
It was a diabolical error, a schoolboy error.
那是個十分低級的錯誤,一個小學生才會犯的錯誤。
The pain was diabolical.
疼痛異常劇烈。
diabolically
...diabolically difficult clues.
極端難解的線索
2ADJ [usually ADJ n]邪惡的;罪惡的Diabolical is used to emphasize how evil something is. 邪惡的;罪惡的 [emphasis]
...sins committed in a spirit of diabolical enjoyment.
爲了罪惡的享樂而犯下的罪孽
One speaker today called the plan diabolical and sinister.