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fiendish

英 [ˈfiːndɪʃ]

美 [ˈfiːndɪʃ]

adj.  恶魔般的; 残忍的; 令人憎恶的; (常令人不快地)巧妙复杂的; 极其困难的

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BNC.22124 / COCA.29368

牛津词典

    adj.

    • 恶魔般的;残忍的;令人憎恶的
      cruel and unpleasant
      1. a fiendish act
        残忍的行为
      2. shrieks of fiendish laughter
        恶魔般的尖笑声
    • (常令人不快地)巧妙复杂的
      extremely clever and complicated, often in an unpleasant way
      1. a puzzle of fiendish complexity
        深奥复杂的谜
      2. a fiendish plan
        巧妙复杂的计划
    • 极其困难的
      extremely difficult
      1. a fiendish problem
        大难题

    柯林斯词典

    • ADJ-GRADED (计划、行动、装置等)巧妙的,富有想象力的
      Afiendishplan, action, or device is very clever or imaginative.
      1. ...a fiendish plot.
        巧妙复杂的计谋
    • ADJ-GRADED 极其困难的;极具挑战性的
      Afiendishproblem or task is very difficult and challenging.
      1. A rather neat option allows you to design your own fiendish puzzle.
        只要干净利落地做一个选择,你就能自己设计出难以解开的谜题。
      2. ...the fiendish difficulty of the questions.
        这些问题极度困难之处
    • ADJ-GRADED 以残忍为乐的;恶魔般的
      Afiendishperson enjoys being cruel.
      1. This was a fiendish act of wickedness.
        这是极其恶毒的行为。

    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:demonicdiabolicdiabolicalhellishinfernalsatanicunholy

    双语例句

    • They are grappling with a fiendish dilemma.
      他们正在艰难应对一个险恶的两难困境。
    • Sorry, but I never had the patience for all that sneaking around. Try Clancy-he's got more training In that field. Heathcliff chuckled a fiendish laugh at the idea.
      抱歉,不过我没有耐心到处鬼鬼祟祟的。试试克兰西那边吧,他更厉害。希斯克厉夫想到这里格格地发出一种魔鬼似的笑声。
    • It was just a fiendish plan to keep their minds off asking for more money.
      这只不过是用来转移他们的注意力,使他们忘掉要求加钱的鬼计。
    • A rather neat option allows you to design your own fiendish puzzle.
      只要干净利落地做一个选择,你就能自己设计出难以解开的谜题。
    • And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, groves, or hills, or field, The savages took fiendish delight in torturing their prisoners.
      我们将享受到无穷的乐趣;山峦、溪谷、旷野、树林、那些野蛮人对囚犯施刑,从中得到兽性的乐趣。
    • A long scar across his cheek makes him look fiendish, but he is very good-natured.
      他棉颊上的长疤令他看起来很凶恶的样子,但是他却很善良。
    • The public loved her so much and Diana would have found delicious, fiendish ways to have made it somehow impossible.
      市民喜爱她这么多,戴安娜也找到好吃的,魔王如何取得这有点不可能。
    • There would be two or three years in which the grapes failed to ripen at all and sugar had to be added in fiendish quantities to get the fermentable sugars up to worthwhile levels.
      会有两或三年葡萄根本不能成熟,必须加入大量糖,才能把可发酵糖提高到起作用的程度。
    • Although many different securities were affected, they shared a common trait: fiendish complexity.
      贬值证券种类不一,但均有一特征:结构极为复杂。
    • The possession of annihilative power has not slowed down the drive toward even more fiendish modes of inflicting wholesale death ( Saturday Review)
      对毁灭性力量的拥有并未减缓向更残忍的大规模杀伤手段发展的速度(星期六评论)