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fire and brimstone

/fahyuhr-uhn-brim-stohn/US // ˈfaɪər ənˈbrɪmˌstoʊn //

炉火纯青,硫磺火,硝烟弥漫,硫磺石

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : threatening punishment in the hereafter: a fire-and-brimstone sermon.

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Examples

  • As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.

  • But what is there more irresponsible than playing with the fire of an imagined civil war in the France of today?

  • As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

  • The cameraman was reporting on the factory catching fire when the inevitable happened.

  • Lady Edith is so sad that her sadness nearly set the whole damned house on fire.

  • "A camp-fire would hardly flash and die out like that, Sarge," he answered thoughtfully.

  • She got up and stood in front of the fire, having her hand on the chimney-piece and looking down at the blaze.

  • The fire had been heaped over with earth—to screen it from prying eyes, I suppose, while the good work went on.

  • She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.

  • But, as the keel of the boats touched bottom, each boat-load dashed into the water and then into the enemy's fire.