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(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.
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魔鬼;恶魔 A devil is an evil spirit.
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...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
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(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 .
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I felt sorry for Blake, poor devil...
我替布莱克感到难过，这个可怜的家伙。
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Manfred, you're a suspicious old devil...
曼弗雷德，你是个可疑的老家伙。
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Susie, you're a determined little devil.
苏茜，你真是个坚决的小家伙。
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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.
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'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。
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PHRASE
(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.
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He was always a devil of a nuisance...
他总是极讨人厌。
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It's a devil of a tricky problem,isn't it?
这是个非常棘手的问题，不是吗？
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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.
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PHRASE
(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.
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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。
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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.
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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。
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He must have driven like the devil.
他一定是把车开得飞快。
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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.
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Every one for himself and the devil take the hindmost.
人人都只考虑自己，谁落后谁倒霉。
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Well, talk of the devil!
呵，说曹操，曹操就到！
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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 .
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'What the devil's the matter?'
“究竟出了什么事？”
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Tim wondered how the devil they had managed it...
蒂姆想知道他们究竟是怎么做到的。
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'Why the devil did you do that?'
“你到底为什么要那样做？”
- Noun
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1. one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief
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2. a word used in exclamations of confusion;
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3. a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man);
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4. a cruel wicked and inhuman person
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1. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;
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2. coat or stuff with a spicy paste;
- "devilled eggs"
- 1. He has lost his job, poor devil!
- 他失业了，可怜的人！
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 2. He is just playing the devil's advocate with me.
- 他只是故意和我唱反调而已。
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- 3. His strong left-wing views make him the devil incarnate to more extreme Conservatives.
- 他的极左观点使得他在极端保守党人眼中成了魔鬼的化身。
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- 4. How the devil is it?
- 到底是怎么回事？
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- 5. I must move to a larger house or spend money extending this one; either will be expensive, so I'm between the devil and the deep blue sea.
- 我得搬到大一些的房子去，或者我得花钱扩建这幢房子，两者都很花钱，因此我进退两难。
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- 6. In this business you have to be tough, and the devil take the hindmost.
- 做这一行必须心狠，谁顾别人谁吃亏。
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- 7. It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him.
- 召鬼容易驱鬼难。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 8. Say nice things to a person's face, but play devil with him behind his back.
- 当面奉承，背后捣鬼。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 9. She blamed the crimes on the local jobless teenagers.'The devil makes work for idle hands,' she would say.
- 她把这些犯罪归咎于当地无业青少年。她总是说，“游手好闲者，惹是生非人”。
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- 10. The Devil tempted Adam and Eve.
- 魔鬼诱惑了亚当和夏娃。
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- 11. The damp weather plays the very devil with my rheumatism.
- 潮湿的天气加重了我的风湿病。
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- 12. The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
- 为了达到目的，魔鬼也会援引圣经。
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- 13. Though one of the engines failed, the pilot managed a safe landing.He is indeed a devil of a fellow.
- 尽管有一个发动机失灵了，这位飞行员还是设法安全着陆。他真是个了不起的家伙。
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- 14. To give the devil his due, he is quite a conscientious worker.
- 平心而论，他工作还是认真的。
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- 15. What a miserable old devil he was!
- 他是多么可恶的吝啬鬼呀！
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- 16. What this country is doing in Africa is as much as holding a light to the devil.
- 这个国家在非洲的行动无异于助桀为虐。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 17. You young devil's spawn!
- 你这小鬼！
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