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(猶太教、基督教和伊斯蘭教中的)魔王，撒旦
In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the Devil is the most powerful evil spirit.
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N-COUNT
魔鬼;惡魔
A devil is an evil spirit.
例句
...the idea of angels with wings and devils with horns and hoofs.
天使長著翅膀、魔鬼長著角和蹄這樣的觀念
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N-COUNT
(用于強(qiáng)調(diào))家伙，人
You can use devil to emphasize the way you feel about someone. For example, if you call someone a poor devil, you are saying that you feel sorry for them. You can call someone you are fond of but who sometimes annoys or irritates you an old devil or a little devil .
例句
I felt sorry for Blake, poor devil...
我替布萊克感到難過，這個(gè)可憐的家伙。
Manfred, you're a suspicious old devil...
曼弗雷德，你是個(gè)可疑的老家伙。
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N-COUNT
淘氣鬼;冒失鬼
If you refer to someone as a devil, you mean that they do not behave very well but you like them and are not angry with them.
例句
'I think he was a bit of a devil,' Constance said.
“我想他有點(diǎn)兒淘氣，”康斯坦絲說道。
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PHRASE
(用于強(qiáng)調(diào))極其討厭（或糟糕、麻煩）的
Devil can be used to emphasize what you think about someone or something. For example, if you say that someone is a devil of a nuisance, you mean that they are very annoying. If you say that something is a devil of a problem, you mean that it is a very difficult problem.
例句
He was always a devil of a nuisance...
他總是極討人厭。
It's a devil of a tricky problem,isn't it?
這是個(gè)非常棘手的問題，不是嗎？
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PHRASE
寧可跟熟識的魔鬼打交道(也比跟未知的魔鬼打交道好)
If you say better the devil you know or better the devil you know than the devil you don't know, you mean that you would prefer to have contact with or do business with a person you already know, even though you don't like them, than with a person you don't know.
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PHRASE
(用于強(qiáng)調(diào))需煞費(fèi)苦心（做），要大費(fèi)周折（做）
If you say that you had the devil's own job to do something or that you had a devil of a job doing something, you are emphasizing that it was difficult to do it.
例句
We had the devil's own job to persuade him to take part.
我們說服他參加可費(fèi)了一番周折。
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PHRASE
拼命地;竭力地;（開車）飛快地
If you say that someone does something like the devil, you are emphasizing that they put a lot of effort into it. If you say that someone drives like the devil, you are emphasizing that they drive very fast.
例句
He drives himself on, working like the devil from seven in the morning until midnight...
他不斷敦促自己，從早上 7 點(diǎn)一直拼命工作到午夜。
He must have driven like the devil.
他一定是把車開得飛快。
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PHRASE
落后者遭殃(形容或評論人人都只考慮自己而不顧別人)
You can say the devil take the hindmost to describe or comment on a situation you disapprove of because people do only what is best for themselves without thinking about other people.
例句
Every one for himself and the devil take the hindmost.
人人都只考慮自己，誰落后誰倒霉。
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PHRASE
進(jìn)退維谷;左右為難
If you say that you are between the devil and the deep blue sea, you mean that you are in a difficult situation where you have to choose between two equally unpleasant courses of action.
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PHRASE
出賣靈魂;違背良心
If you say that someone has sold their soul to the devil, you mean that you disapprove of them because they have done something that you think is not right in order to get what they want.
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PHRASE
說曹操，曹操到
People say speak of the devil, or in British English talk of the devil, if someone they have just been talking about appears unexpectedly.
例句
Well, talk of the devil!
呵，說曹操，曹操就到！
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PHRASE
(用于強(qiáng)調(diào))究竟,到底
When you want to emphasize how annoyed or surprised you are, you can use an expression such as what the devil ,how the devil, or why the devil .
例句
'What the devil's the matter?'
“究竟出了什么事？”
Tim wondered how the devil they had managed it...
蒂姆想知道他們究竟是怎么做到的。