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

• This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
  这样的智慧，不是从上头来的，乃是属地的，属情欲的，属鬼魔的。
• I will not ask you what devilish impulse moved you incite our Claude to do this awful deed.
  我不想问你什么鬼使神差，会唆使我们的克劳德干这种可怕的事。
• In a playfully devilish manner.
  以精力非常旺盛的方式。
• 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。
• It was devilish hard work climbing the mountain.
  爬那座山太费劲了。
• A young lad with a devilish grin.
  带着调皮狞恶之笑的小伙子。
• Gold's a devilish sort of thing.
  黄金是一种邪恶的东西。
• 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。
• "That man is in a devilish hurry!"
  “这真是个鬼一样性急的人！”
• 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。