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单词 bedevil
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Definition of bedevil in English:

bedevil

verbbedevilled, bedeviled, bedevils, bedevilling, bedeviling bɪˈdɛv(ə)lbəˈdɛvəl
[with object]
  • 1(of something bad) cause great and continual trouble to.

    (坏事情)困扰,纠缠

    projects like this are bedevilled by a shortage of cash
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Gone are the spelling rules that bedeviled many students' days.
    • Uncertainty over what to do with nuclear waste bedevils nuclear power.
    • It is these inequalities that bedevil the operations of the troubled music companies, as much as piracy.
    • Treating the Universe as a hologram might solve one of the biggest problems bedeviling modern physics.
    • I'd say that what bedevils Pop now is its lack of artiness.
    • The result was a profound ethnic divide that continues to bedevil political life.
    • My three-day tour in the French Basque country was bedevilled by all sorts of trouble.
    • What I don't understand is why this tragic case should be an occasion for the partisan hatred which currently bedevils our public life.
    • I think you should have listened and paid attention to what he said in terms of the difficulty, because that's what bedevils us right now.
    • In spite of the precision and speed of information, fog and friction will continue to bedevil military operations.
    • Without a low-cost way to get into orbit this problem will continue to bedevil the space industry and its supporters.
    • The debate over how to deal with illegal immigrants has bedeviled the country for years.
    • These are questions that have long bedeviled historians who study children and childhood in early modern Europe.
    • For investors, management's focus on cash flow is important since consumption trends may continue to bedevil the industry.
    • Legal issues continue to bedevil the e-book market.
    • This is the Buenos Aires I have fallen in love with, full of inconsistencies, bedeviled by its tragic circumstances.
    • It is time to put a stop to the crisis management that bedevils our health system.
    • But this is a problem which bedevils political thought everywhere.
    • He said: ‘We started off very well but then work was bedevilled by delays due to supply of materials and bad weather.’
    • Domestically, complaints about university tuition fees and the state of the health service continue to bedevil him.
    Synonyms
    trouble, afflict, pain, beset, rack, curse
    1. 1.1 (of a person) torment or harass.
      (人)折磨,使烦恼,骚扰
      he bedevilled them with petty practical jokes

      他搞一些小小的恶作剧捉弄他们。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He can bedevil his opponent all through the February primaries and caucuses in 17 states.
      • But the voices continued to bedevil her, and later that year she was committed to Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina.
      • When not bedevilled by his personal demons his mind is razor-sharp and positive and he uses his cue as if it was a magician's wand.
      • Their misdeeds, if that's what they really were, haunted some to their graves and continue to bedevil the still living who are never allowed to forget them.
      Synonyms
      afflict, torment, beset, assail, beleaguer, plague, blight, harrow, rack, oppress, harry, curse, dog
      harass, distress, trouble, worry, torture
      frustrate, annoy, vex, irritate, pester, irk, exasperate, strain
      informal aggravate

Derivatives

  • bedevilment

  • noun bɪˈdɛv(ə)lməntbəˈdɛvəlmənt
    • ‘The worst bedevilment of all is being in exile within one's own skin,’ he wrote.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Smitty glanced at her and noticed the bedevilment settling on her features.
      • I guarantee that none of the lessons I've prescribed will take root; I will swear at traffic, get peeved at fellow mortals, drop off to sleep thinking about the petty bedevilments of the coming day.
      • They did create chances, but failure to take them has been the bedevilment of their season.

Rhymes

bevel, devil, dishevel, kevel, level, revel, split-level

Definition of bedevil in US English:

bedevil

verbbəˈdevəlbəˈdɛvəl
[with object]
  • 1(of something bad) cause great and continual trouble to.

    (坏事情)困扰,纠缠

    inconsistencies that bedevil modern English spelling
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Uncertainty over what to do with nuclear waste bedevils nuclear power.
    • But this is a problem which bedevils political thought everywhere.
    • For investors, management's focus on cash flow is important since consumption trends may continue to bedevil the industry.
    • This is the Buenos Aires I have fallen in love with, full of inconsistencies, bedeviled by its tragic circumstances.
    • It is time to put a stop to the crisis management that bedevils our health system.
    • I'd say that what bedevils Pop now is its lack of artiness.
    • The result was a profound ethnic divide that continues to bedevil political life.
    • In spite of the precision and speed of information, fog and friction will continue to bedevil military operations.
    • Treating the Universe as a hologram might solve one of the biggest problems bedeviling modern physics.
    • The debate over how to deal with illegal immigrants has bedeviled the country for years.
    • I think you should have listened and paid attention to what he said in terms of the difficulty, because that's what bedevils us right now.
    • Domestically, complaints about university tuition fees and the state of the health service continue to bedevil him.
    • These are questions that have long bedeviled historians who study children and childhood in early modern Europe.
    • It is these inequalities that bedevil the operations of the troubled music companies, as much as piracy.
    • He said: ‘We started off very well but then work was bedevilled by delays due to supply of materials and bad weather.’
    • Legal issues continue to bedevil the e-book market.
    • Without a low-cost way to get into orbit this problem will continue to bedevil the space industry and its supporters.
    • What I don't understand is why this tragic case should be an occasion for the partisan hatred which currently bedevils our public life.
    • My three-day tour in the French Basque country was bedevilled by all sorts of trouble.
    • Gone are the spelling rules that bedeviled many students' days.
    Synonyms
    trouble, afflict, pain, beset, rack, curse
    1. 1.1 (of a person) torment or harass.
      (人)折磨,使烦恼,骚扰
      he bedeviled them with petty practical jokes

      他搞一些小小的恶作剧捉弄他们。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • But the voices continued to bedevil her, and later that year she was committed to Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina.
      • He can bedevil his opponent all through the February primaries and caucuses in 17 states.
      • When not bedevilled by his personal demons his mind is razor-sharp and positive and he uses his cue as if it was a magician's wand.
      • Their misdeeds, if that's what they really were, haunted some to their graves and continue to bedevil the still living who are never allowed to forget them.
      Synonyms
      afflict, torment, beset, assail, beleaguer, plague, blight, harrow, rack, oppress, harry, curse, dog
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