1.N-PROPER 专有名词(犹太教、基督教和伊斯兰教中的)魔王，撒旦 In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam,
the Devil is the most powerful evil spirit.
2.N-COUNT 可数名词魔鬼;恶魔 A devil is an evil spirit.
3.N-COUNT 可数名词(用于强调)家伙，人 You can use
devil to emphasize the way you feel about someone. For example, if you call someone a poor
devil, you are saying that you feel sorry for them. You can call someone you are fond of but who sometimes annoys or irritates you an old
devil or a little
devil .
【语用信息】：feelings
【STYLE标签】：INFORMAL 非正式
I felt sorry for Blake, poor devil...
我替布莱克感到难过，这个可怜的家伙。
Manfred, you're a suspicious old devil...
曼弗雷德，你是个可疑的老家伙。
Susie, you're a determined little devil.
苏茜，你真是个坚决的小家伙。
4.N-COUNT 可数名词淘气鬼;冒失鬼 If you refer to someone as a
devil, you mean that they do not behave very well but you like them and are not angry with them.
5.PHRASE 短语(用于强调)极其讨厌（或糟糕、麻烦）的 Devil can be used to emphasize what you think about someone or something. For example, if you say that someone is
a devil of a nuisance, you mean that they are very annoying. If you say that something is
a devil of a problem, you mean that it is a very difficult problem.
【搭配模式】：v-link PHR n
【语用信息】：emphasis
6.PHRASE 短语宁可跟熟识的魔鬼打交道(也比跟未知的魔鬼打交道好) If you say
better the devil you know or
better the devil you know than the devil you don't know, you mean that you would prefer to have contact with or do business with a person you already know, even though you don't like them, than with a person you don't know.
7.PHRASE 短语(用于强调)需煞费苦心（做），要大费周折（做） If you say that you
had the devil's own job to do something or that you
had a devil of a job doing something, you are emphasizing that it was difficult to do it.
【搭配模式】：V inflects
【语用信息】：emphasis
【语域标签】：BRIT 英
【STYLE标签】：INFORMAL 非正式
8.PHRASE 短语拼命地;竭力地;（开车）飞快地 If you say that someone does something
like the devil, you are emphasizing that they put a lot of effort into it. If you say that someone drives
like the devil, you are emphasizing that they drive very fast.
He drives himself on, working like the devil from seven in the morning until midnight...
他不断敦促自己，从早上 7 点一直拼命工作到午夜。
He must have driven like the devil.
他一定是把车开得飞快。
9.PHRASE 短语落后者遭殃(形容或评论人人都只考虑自己而不顾别人) You can say
the devil take the hindmost to describe or comment on a situation you disapprove of because people do only what is best for themselves without thinking about other people.
10.PHRASE 短语进退维谷;左右为难 If you say that you are
between the devil and the deep blue sea, you mean that you are in a difficult situation where you have to choose between two equally unpleasant courses of action.
11.PHRASE 短语出卖灵魂;违背良心 If you say that someone has
sold their
soul to the devil, you mean that you disapprove of them because they have done something that you think is not right in order to get what they want.
【搭配模式】：V inflects
【语用信息】：disapproval
12.PHRASE 短语说曹操，曹操到 People say speak of the devil, or in British English talk of the devil, if someone they have just been talking about appears unexpectedly.
Well, talk of the devil!
呵，说曹操，曹操就到！
13.PHRASE 短语(用于强调)究竟,到底 When you want to emphasize how annoyed or surprised you are, you can use an expression such as
what the devil ,
how the devil, or
why the devil .
【语用信息】：emphasis
【STYLE标签】：INFORMAL 非正式
'What the devil's the matter?'
“究竟出了什么事？”
Tim wondered how the devil they had managed it...
蒂姆想知道他们究竟是怎么做到的。
'Why the devil did you do that?'
“你到底为什么要那样做？”
