demon

[英] [ˈdi:mən] [美] [ˈdimən] 生词本

n.

  • 易混淆的单词:DEMON  
  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 英英释义

  • 行业释义

  • 词典例句

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 daemon
1. N-COUNT 魔鬼;恶魔 A demon is an evil spirit. 
  • ...a woman possessed by demons.

    被魔鬼附身的女子

2. N-COUNT 心魔;邪恶的事物 Sources of worry or conflict which trouble a person or group of people are sometimes referred to as demons
  • His private demons drove him to drink excessively for many years.

    他个人的心魔让他多年以来酗酒度日。

  • ...the demons of hatred, violence and ethnic fanaticism.

    仇恨、暴力和种族狂热主义等诸恶

3. N-COUNT 技艺出众的人;精力过人的人;高手;能手 If you approve of someone because they are very skilled at what they do or because they do it energetically, you can say that they do it like a demon
  • He played like a demon...

    他球艺惊人。

  • He is a demon organizer.

    他组织能力极强。

4. N-COUNT 恶人;恶棍;魔头 If you refer to a powerful person such as a politician as a demon, you mean that you believe they are bad and might be dangerous. 
  • She was a dictator and a demon...

    她是一个独裁者,一个女魔头。

  • He was seen as a demon, determined to hand the country over to the reactionaries.

    他被看成一个执意要将国家交给反动分子的恶魔。

Noun

1. one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief

2. a cruel wicked and inhuman person

3. someone extremely diligent or skillful;

  • "he worked like a demon to finish the job on time"
  • "she's a demon at math"

计算机

  • 1.【unix】 端口监督程序;新进程;守护程序(AI的一种特殊算法);= DEbug MONitor,调试监督程序
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  • 1.守护程序
  • 2.又称 :守护程序(damon)
1. She worked like a demon all through rehearsals.
她每次排演时始终精力过人。

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.
贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. When they came to the fork of the road, his horse turned left into a bypath as if it were possessed with a demon and began to run headlong down the hill.
当他们来到叉路口时,他的马就好像被鬼缠住似的,转向左边的小路而急速地冲下山坡去。

来自《简明英汉词典》