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

• 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。
• The weather's been hellish recently.
  近来的天气真叫人够受了！
• For getting yourself involved in this hellish situation.
  让自己置身于这种地狱般的环境中。
• The hellish traffic swirls all round the church but inside there is calm.
  教堂四周到处是嘈杂的车水马龙，里面倒很宁静。
• 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。
• 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？
• His schooldays were hellish.
  他的学生时代苦极了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。