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

• It's hellish being a student without a grant.
  作为一名没有助学金的学生是很够呛的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Her eyes will fill with hellish visions.
  她的眼中会出现幻觉。
• 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。
• Were the roads as hellish as I told you?
  路是不是象我告诉你的那么难找？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。