devilish

英 [ˈdevəlɪʃ]

美 [ˈdevəlɪʃ]

adj.  残忍邪恶的; 恶毒的; (以人们喜爱的方式)魔鬼似的，恶魔似的

TEM8

BNC.21418 / COCA.20618

牛津词典

adj.

• 残忍邪恶的；恶毒的
  cruel or evil
  1. a devilish conspiracy
     恶毒的阴谋活动
• （以人们喜爱的方式）魔鬼似的，恶魔似的
  morally bad, but in a way that people find attractive
  1. He was handsome, with a devilish charm.
     他英俊漂亮，具有魔鬼般的迷惑力。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 残忍的;恶毒的;邪恶的
  Adevilishidea or action is cruel or unpleasant.
  1. ...the devilish destructiveness of modern weapons.
     现代武器残忍的毁灭性
• ADJ-GRADED 极大的;极度的;极其困难的
  You can usedevilishto emphasize how extreme or difficult something is.
  1. ...a devilish puzzle.
     极大的谜
  2. Devilishis also an adverb.
     
  3. I'd been devilish lucky.
     我真是太幸运了。

英英释义

adj

• showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil
  1. devilish schemes
  2. the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen
  3. the diabolical expression on his face
  4. a mephistophelian glint in his eye
  Synonym:diabolicdiabolicalmephistophelianmephistophelean
• playful in an appealingly bold way
  1. a roguish grin
  Synonym:rascallyroguish

adv

• in a playfully devilish manner
  1. the socialists are further handicapped if they believe that capitalists are not only wicked but also devilishly clever
  Synonym:devilishly

双语例句

• "That man is in a devilish hurry!"
  “这真是个鬼一样性急的人！”
• It wasn't anything difficult but somehow it managed to convey a certain playfulness and devilish charm that the lyrics wrote about.
  这其实没有什麽艰涩难行之处，但是这样的和弦处理搭配歌词的主题传递出一种玩世不恭的坏痞子迷人魅力。
• Password hacking takes many different forms, but one crucial thing to understand is that it's often not a matter of devilish cunning but of bludgeoning with brute force.
  密码黑客会采取多种不同的形式，但要明白关键的一件事是，它通常不是恶魔般的狡猾，而是蛮力的使用。
• He gives him another smile, this one a little more devilish, and he says "Bonne chance, mon ami" and he throws him into the very deepest end of the pool.
  他朝我哥哥诡异地一笑，说：“我的小朋友，祝你好运”。说着，就将我的哥哥丢入游泳池的最深处。
• Turn into a devil or make devilish.
  变成恶棍或成恶魔般的。
• Don Juan contorted his face again into a devilish grin and said that the young man declared that he wanted to have the gourds.
  唐望扭曲成邪恶的脸孔说，年轻人宣布他决定要葫芦。
• Those that are constructive, then, are the good-or the divine and the devilish, bringing for those developments in their various phases.
  哪些是建设性的力量，于是好的-或神性的和魔鬼性的力量，带来了各种各样的物质实相的发展。
• Gold's a devilish sort of thing.
  黄金是一种邪恶的东西。
• He is a vigorous 70. in a playfully devilish manner.
  他今年七十岁，元气旺盛。以精力非常旺盛的方式。
• The study of genetic vaccines is likely to provide new immune therapies and powerful ways to prevent any number of devilish infections that elude human control today.
  基因疫苗研究有可能为当今人类无法控制的一些严重传染疾病，提供新的免疫防治途径和手段。