hellish

英 [ˈhelɪʃ]

美 [ˈhelɪʃ]

adj. 极不愉快的

BNC.21525 / COCA.18113

牛津词典

adj.

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。

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

I'm going to Canberra University. His schooldays were hellish.
我准备去堪培拉大学。他的学生时代苦不堪言。
This has been a hellish juggle, for we are married here upon the foot of a double fraud.
这套是个恶毒的骗局，我们是在双重欺诈下结婚的。
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。
His schooldays were hellish.
他的学生时代苦极了。
But we ought not-we will not-travel down that hellish path blindly.
然而，我们不应该、也不会盲目地沿着那条通向地狱的路走下去！
Did we defend the rights of all people around the world or imposed wars on them, interfered illegally in their affairs, established hellish prisons and incarcerated some of them?
我们捍卫了世界各地人民的权利，还是为世界带来战乱，非法干预别国内政，和建立不人道的监狱来囚禁各地的人民？
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。
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。
The weather's been hellish recently.
近来的天气真叫人够受了！
Her eyes will fill with hellish visions.
她的眼中会出现幻觉。