bedevil
英 [bɪ'dev(ə)l]
美[bɪ'dɛvl]
- vt. 使痛苦；虐待；使苦恼
英英释义
- 1. treat cruelly;
- "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
- 2. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly;
- "These questions confuse even the experts"
- "This question completely threw me"
- "This question befuddled even the teacher"
实用场景例句
- The expedition was bedevilled by bad weather.
- 探险队深受恶劣天气的困扰。
牛津词典
- His career was bedevilled by injury.
- 他的职业生涯深受伤病的困扰。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The development has been bedevilled with problems.
- 发展受到了诸多问题的困扰。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- If it backfires , it could bedevil efforts to contain public spending.
- 若计划遭遇不测,为控制政府开支所做的努力将功亏一篑.
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中文词源
bedevil 长期搅扰
前缀be-, 强调。devil, 魔鬼。
双语例句
- 1. If it backfires , it could bedevil efforts to contain public spending.
- 若计划遭遇不测,为控制政府开支所做的努力将功亏一篑.
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英文词源
- bedevil (v.)
- 1768, "to treat diabolically, abuse," from be- + verbal use of devil (q.v.). Meaning "to mischievously confuse" is from 1755; that of "to drive frantic" is from 1823. Related: Bedeviled (1570s, in a literal sense, "possessed"); bedeviling.
词态变化
第三人称单数: bedevils;过去式: bedevilled;过去分词: bedevilled;现在分词: bedevilling;