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

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。
Isn't this heat hellish?
太热了点，是吗？
Were the roads as hellish as I told you?
路是不是象我告诉你的那么难找？
For getting yourself involved in this hellish situation.
让自己置身于这种地狱般的环境中。
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！
Brightness, Contrast, Levels and other hellish tasks.
亮度、对比度、层级和其他艰巨的任务。
The best thing about the lunch break: I get to remove those hellish contacts.
午餐休息时间最好的事情就是：我可以把那些看起来无比凶残的隐形眼镜给摘了。
Berlin has music, art and nightlife to rival Europe's more established capitals, but not their high costs and hellish commutes.
柏林有比得上欧洲规模更大的首都城市的音乐、艺术和夜生活，但是却不存在它们那样的高消费和地狱般的通勤状况。
By extension, the celestial light and hellish darkness occur in postlapsarian Garden of Eden.
更有甚者，天堂的光明和地狱的黑暗，两者意象同时出现在伊甸乐园里面。
His is a hellish promiscuity, desperate not so much for love as for loss.
那是地狱般混乱的爱欲沉沦，爱比不爱更绝望。