bedevil

英 [bɪˈdevl]

美 [bɪˈdevl]

v.  长期搅扰

过去分词：bedevilled　第三人称单数：bedevils　过去式：bedevilled　现在分词：bedevilling　复数：bedevils　

BNC.19676 / COCA.19299

牛津词典

verb

• 长期搅扰
  to cause a lot of problems for sb/sth over a long period of time
  1. The expedition was bedevilled by bad weather.
     探险队深受恶劣天气的困扰。

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 bedeviling, bedeviled


• VERB 烦扰；困扰；使苦恼
  If youare bedevilled bysomething unpleasant, it causes you a lot of problems over a period of time.
  1. His career was bedevilled by injury.
     他的职业生涯深受伤病的困扰。
  2. The development has been bedevilled with problems.
     发展受到了诸多问题的困扰。
  3. ...a problem that has bedevilled service industries for decades.
     困扰了服务行业几十年的问题

英英释义

verb

• be confusing or perplexing to
  1. These questions confuse even the experts
  2. This question completely threw me
  3. This question befuddled even the teacher
  Synonym:confusethrowfoxbefuddlefuddleconfounddiscombobulate
• treat cruelly
  1. The children tormented the stuttering teacher
  Synonym:tormentragcrucifydunfrustrate

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