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

• 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。
• Experienced a failure, I know Bryant will hellish training in the summer.
  经历了这次失败，我知道科比又会在夏天展开地狱般的训练。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• Brightness, Contrast, Levels and other hellish tasks.
  亮度、对比度、层级和其他艰巨的任务。
• It's hellish cold up here in winter.
  这里的冬天冷得要命。
• Isn't this heat hellish?
  太热了点，是吗？