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

• Berlin has music, art and nightlife to rival Europe's more established capitals, but not their high costs and hellish commutes.
  柏林有比得上欧洲规模更大的首都城市的音乐、艺术和夜生活，但是却不存在它们那样的高消费和地狱般的通勤状况。
• Despite no longer leading an army, Doom is a fearful foe in combat, possessing mastery of hellish magic and physical attacks-eventually, the world will belong to Doom.
  尽管他不再是军队的统帅了，末日使者在战斗中仍然是个令人恐惧的对手，他拥有极高的肉搏技巧，还掌握了邪恶的地狱魔法&最终，整个世界将为他所有。
• But backed-up ports, frequent blackouts and hellish roads put many off.
  但落后的港口、频繁的停电以及糟糕的道路，让许多公司望而却步。
• It's hellish cold up here in winter.
  这里的冬天冷得要命。
• The best thing about the lunch break: I get to remove those hellish contacts.
  午餐休息时间最好的事情就是：我可以把那些看起来无比凶残的隐形眼镜给摘了。
• 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？
• This has been a hellish juggle, for we are married here upon the foot of a double fraud.
  这套是个恶毒的骗局，我们是在双重欺诈下结婚的。
• I'm going to Canberra University. His schooldays were hellish.
  我准备去堪培拉大学。他的学生时代苦不堪言。
• 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。
• By extension, the celestial light and hellish darkness occur in postlapsarian Garden of Eden.
  更有甚者，天堂的光明和地狱的黑暗，两者意象同时出现在伊甸乐园里面。