1 地狱 In some religions, hell is the place where the Devil lives, and where wicked people are sent to be punished when they die. Hell is usually imagined as being under the ground and full of flames. 地狱
2 令人痛苦的境况（或经历）;地狱般的地方 If you say that a particular situation or place is hell, you are emphasizing that it is extremely unpleasant. 令人痛苦的境况（或经历）;地狱般的地方
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...the hell of the Siberian labor camps.
地狱般的西伯利亚劳改营
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Bullies can make your life hell.
恃强欺弱者能让你的日子像活地狱。
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...the hells of grief and shame and lost love.
伤心、羞辱和失恋的痛苦
3 （用于咒骂或加强语气）见鬼，该死 Hell is used by some people when they are angry or excited, or when they want to emphasize what they are saying. （用于咒骂或加强语气）见鬼，该死
4 （用于形容词或一些副词后表示强调）非常，很 You can use as hell after adjectives or some adverbs to emphasize the adjective or adverb. （用于形容词或一些副词后表示强调）非常，很
5 人间地狱 If you say that a place or a situation is hell on earth or a hell on earth, you are emphasizing that it is extremely unpleasant or that it causes great suffering. 人间地狱
6 只是为了好玩;玩玩而已 If someone does something for the hell of it, or just for the hell of it, they do it for fun or for no particular reason. 只是为了好玩;玩玩而已
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Managers seem to be spending millions just for the hell of it.
经理们似乎只为了寻个乐子就动辄花上几百万。
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It was stupid, just vandalism for the hell of it.
只是为了好玩而破坏公物是很愚蠢的行为。
7 一直;永远 If you say that you will do something until hell freezes over, you are emphasizing that you will do it for a very long time or for ever. 一直;永远
8 （用于名词后表示强调）极糟的，坏透的 You can use from hell after a noun when you are emphasizing that something or someone is extremely unpleasant or evil. （用于名词后表示强调）极糟的，坏透的
9 痛骂;狠狠地责骂 If you say that someone gives you hell, you are emphasizing that they shout at you very angrily because of something you have done wrong. 痛骂;狠狠地责骂
10 给…带来大麻烦;使…吃足苦头 If you say that something is giving you hell, you are emphasizing that it is causing you a lot of trouble or pain. 给…带来大麻烦;使…吃足苦头
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My back's giving me hell, let me tell you!.
告诉你吧，我的背可让我受够罪了！
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The children give her hell, particularly the older boys.
这些孩子让她吃足了苦头，特别是那些年龄大一点的男孩子。
11 滚开;滚一边去 If you tell someone to go to hell, you are angrily telling them to go away and leave you alone. 滚开;滚一边去
12 （表示不屑）见你的鬼去，去你的 If you say that someone can go to hell, you are emphasizing angrily that you do not care about them and that they will not stop you doing what you want. （表示不屑）见你的鬼去，去你的
13 飞快地;以危险的高速 If you say that someone is going hell for leather, you are emphasizing that they are doing something or are moving very quickly and perhaps carelessly. 飞快地;以危险的高速
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The first horse often goes hell for leather, hits a few fences but gets away with it.
第一匹马往往跑得很快，会碰到几根横杆，但不会碰落。
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They've been going hell for leather, trying to record as much as they can.
他们动作飞快，想尽量多录一点。
14 （表示反对）绝对不行 Some people say like hell to emphasize that they strongly disagree with you or are strongly opposed to what you say. （表示反对）绝对不行
15 （表示强调）非常，很 Some people use like hell to emphasize how strong an action or quality is. （表示强调）非常，很
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It hurts like hell.
疼死了。
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I missed her like hell.
我想她想得要命。
16 活地狱 If you describe a place or situation as a living hell, you are emphasizing that it is extremely unpleasant. 活地狱
17 大乱起来;喧闹起来;闹翻天 If you say that all hell breaks loose, you are emphasizing that a lot of arguing or fighting suddenly starts. 大乱起来;喧闹起来;闹翻天
18 许多;大量 If you talk about a hell of a lot of something, or one hell of a lot of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it. 许多;大量
19 （表示强调）极好，极坏，极大 Some people use a hell of or one hell of to emphasize that something is very good, very bad, or very big. （表示强调）极好，极坏，极大
20 （从…）立即离开，很快脱身 If you tell someone to get the hell out of a place, you are telling them angrily or emphatically to leave that place immediately. （从…）立即离开，很快脱身
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Get the hell out of my way.
滚开，别挡着我。
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I got the hell out of Glasgow and I can honestly say I will never go back.
我飞快地逃离了格拉斯哥，而且老实说我再也不会回去了。
21 （用在 scare, irritate 和 beat 等动词后表示强调）大大地，猛烈地 Some people use the hell out of for emphasis after verbs such as 'scare', 'irritate', and 'beat'. （用在 scare, irritate 和 beat 等动词后表示强调）大大地，猛烈地
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I patted the top of her head in the condescending way I knew irritated the hell out of her.
我故意俯就地拍了拍她的头顶，知道这会让她非常恼火。
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Those cops beat the hell out of me.
那些警察把我打得半死。
22 会有严重问题;会有大麻烦 If you say there'll be hell to pay, you are emphasizing that there will be serious trouble. 会有严重问题;会有大麻烦
23 破坏，损害，搅乱，给…制造麻烦（英国英语中亦作play merry hell with） To play hell with something means to have a bad effect on it or cause great confusion. In British English, you can also say that one person or thing plays merry hell with another. 破坏，损害，搅乱，给…制造麻烦（英国英语中亦作play merry hell with）
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Lord Beaverbrook, to put it bluntly, played hell with the war policy of the R.A.F.
直言不讳地说，比弗布鲁克勋爵将皇家空军的作战方针搞得一团糟。
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Slugs play merry hell with emerging shoots.
蛞蝓会破坏长出的新芽。
24 大吵大闹;叫嚷着反对;大兴问罪之师 If you say that someone raises hell, you are emphasizing that they protest strongly and angrily about a situation in order to persuade other people to correct it or improve it. 大吵大闹;叫嚷着反对;大兴问罪之师
25 （用于what、where、why等词后表示生气）到底，究竟 People sometimes use the hell for emphasis in questions, after words such as 'what', 'where', and 'why', often in order to express anger. （用于what、where、why等词后表示生气）到底，究竟
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Where the hell have you been?.
你到底去哪里了？
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Why the hell should I know about Dadinha?.
凭什么我就应该了解达丁哈的情况？
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What the hell's going on?
究竟出什么事了？
26 （使）经受重重困难;（使）吃苦头 If you go through hell, or if someone puts you through hell, you have a very difficult or unpleasant time. （使）经受重重困难;（使）吃苦头
27 打心眼里盼望;极想 If you say you hope to hell or wish to hell that something is true, you are emphasizing that you strongly hope or wish it is true. 打心眼里盼望;极想
28 无论有多大困难;不管发生什么;赴汤蹈火 If you say that you will do something come hell or high water, you are emphasizing that you are determined to do it, in spite of the difficulties involved. 无论有多大困难;不管发生什么;赴汤蹈火
29 管他呢 You can say 'what the hell' when you decide to do something in spite of the doubts that you have about it. 管他呢
30 （表示不在乎）让…见鬼去吧 If you say 'to hell with' something, you are emphasizing that you do not care about something and that it will not stop you from doing what you want to do. （表示不在乎）让…见鬼去吧
Quotations
Hell is paved with the skulls of priests St. John Chrysostom De Sacerdotio
Let none admire
The riches that grow in hell; that soil may best
Deserve the precious bane John Milton Paradise Lost
There is a dreadful Hell,
And everlasting pains;
There sinners must with devils dwell
In darkness, fire, and chains Isaac Watts Divine Songs for Children
Hell hath no limits nor is circumscribed
In one self place, where we are is Hell,
And to be short, when all the world dissolves
And every creature shall be purified
All places shall be Hell that are not Heaven Christopher Marlowe Doctor Faustus
But wherefore thou alone? Wherefore with thee
Came not all hell broke loose? John Milton Paradise Lost
Hell is other people Jean-Paul Sartre Huis Clos
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell George Bernard Shaw Parents and Children
Hell is a city much like London -
A populous and smoky city Percy Bysshe Shelley Peter Bell the Third
Hell is not to love any more, madame. Not to love any more! Georges Bernanos The Diary of a Country Priest
What is hell?
Hell is yourself,
Hell is alone, the other figures in it
Merely projections T.S. Eliot The Cocktail Party
If there is no Hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses William A. Sunday
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