hellish

英 [ˈhelɪʃ]

美 [ˈhelɪʃ]

adj.  极不愉快的

BNC.21525 / COCA.18113

牛津词典

adj.

• 极不愉快的
  extremely unpleasant

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 地狱般的;讨厌的;可憎的
  You describe something ashellishto emphasize that it is extremely unpleasant.
  1. The atmosphere in Washington is hellish...
     华盛顿的气氛令人憎恶。
  2. I'm sure you will remember from the hellish years of your boyhood.
     我相信你一定记得自己梦魇般的童年时代的事情。
• ADV …得要命;…得够呛
  You usehellishto emphasize an unpleasant quality or its great extent.
  1. It's hellish cold up here in winter.
     这里的冬天冷得要命。

英英释义

adj

• extremely evil or cruel
  1. something demonic in him--something that could be cruel
  2. fires lit up a diabolic scene
  3. diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils
  4. a fiendish despot
  5. hellish torture
  6. infernal instruments of war
  7. satanic cruelty
  8. unholy grimaces
  Synonym:demonicdiabolicdiabolicalfiendishinfernalsatanicunholy
• very unpleasant
  1. hellish weather
  2. stop that god-awful racket
  Synonym:beastlygod-awful

双语例句

• The weather's been hellish recently.
  近来的天气真叫人够受了！
• You are the one shining light in this hellish hole.
  你是这个地狱般洞穴中一道闪亮的光。
• Amazingly, once you leave the hellish work atmosphere, you suddenly feel energized and ready to run a marathon.
  令人惊奇的是，一旦你离开工作环境，便突然觉得自己神采飞扬，甚至能跑个马拉松。
• But in dependence upon me they will fall into hellish pain for a very long time.
  然而敌人却由于我的宿业引发而造罪，以致堕落地狱，长久受苦。
• Four days offline can be truly restful. Whereas a two-week break can be two weeks of hellish preparation, two weeks of rest, followed by two stressful weeks digging out from under 2,000 emails.
  4天的离线生活能够让人获得真正的休息，而两周的假期却可能成为两周地狱般的工作准备，人们休息两周之后往往还要花两周时间处理遗留下来的2000封邮件。
• Now popular culture in America and elsewhere in the west is agog about the physical prowess of these highly toned men who suffer hellish tests in order to enter this elite killing machine.
  现在，美国乃至西方其他国家的流行文化都对海豹部队的体能惊叹不已，这些体格强健的男人经受了地狱般的考验才得以成为这个精锐的杀人机器的一分子。
• Did we defend the rights of all people around the world or imposed wars on them, interfered illegally in their affairs, established hellish prisons and incarcerated some of them?
  我们捍卫了世界各地人民的权利，还是为世界带来战乱，非法干预别国内政，和建立不人道的监狱来囚禁各地的人民？
• But we ought not-we will not-travel down that hellish path blindly.
  然而，我们不应该、也不会盲目地沿着那条通向地狱的路走下去！
• His is a hellish promiscuity, desperate not so much for love as for loss.
  那是地狱般混乱的爱欲沉沦，爱比不爱更绝望。
• These dark warriors adore havoc and death, and from within the hellish depths of their caverns and the fortifications of their castle they reach out to strike against the White Knights.
  这些黑暗武士崇拜的破坏和死亡，并且是在地狱深处的溶洞和防御工事的城堡，他们接触反击白骑士。