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bedevilment

/bih-dev-uhl/US // bɪˈdɛv əl //UK // (bɪˈdɛvəl) //

祸害,寝食难安,寝食不安,困扰

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    be·dev·iled, be·dev·il·ing or be·dev·illed, be·dev·il·ling.

    • : to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
    • : to possess, as with a devil; bewitch.
    • : to cause confusion or doubt in; muddle; confound: an issue bedeviled by prejudices.
    • : to beset or hamper continuously: a new building bedeviled by elevator failures.

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Examples

  • He felt as in some hideous dream—long-involved—a maze of delusion and bedevilment, from which there was no escape.

  • Isabelle did not formulate any plan of bedevilment for the Captain, but she watched for opportunities with lynx-eyed attention.

  • So I hope there is the greater chance of no such bedevilment happening to me.

  • Scotland is the home of weird, uncanny creatures, who take lovely shapes for the bedevilment of poor weak souls.

  • She had helped him—I had his own word for it that at Clockborough her bedevilment of the voters had really put him in.