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hell PLACEheln [U]in some religions, the place where some people are believed to go after death to be punished forever for the bad things they have done during their lives, or an extremely unpleasant or difficult place, situation or experience地狱They believed that some people would go to hell when they died.他们相信，一些人死后会下地狱。Work is (sheer) hell at the moment, with both computers not working.此刻的工作如同在地狱一般，因为两台电脑都坏了。Soldiers who lived through the jungle war described it as hell/(a) hell on earth.丛林战中存活的士兵将其描述为地狱/人间地狱。My husband and I went through hell when we were told the baby might have cancer.当我和丈夫被告知宝宝可能患了癌症，我们经历了地狱的煎熬。As the sun went down it became as cold as hell (=extremely cold).当太阳落下之后，天冷得像阴间一样。(infml) If all hell breaks loose, a situation suddenly becomes violent and noisy, esp. with people arguing or fighting.喧闹起来，混乱起来At the announcement of more tax increases all hell broke loose in Parliament.税收增加的事一经公布，国会内部立刻喧闹起来。One policeman drew his gun and then suddenly all hell broke loose.一个警察拔出了枪，周围马上混乱起来。(infml) If you say that you have been to hell and back, you mean you have lived through an extremely unpleasant, difficult or painful experience.历经痛苦I have been to hell and back since the unjust jailing of my two sons.自从我两个儿子被不公正地投入监狱后，我便生活在痛苦之中。(infml) If you say that you will do something come hell or high water, you mean that you are determined to do it, despite any difficulties that there might be.不论有什么困难(决心已定)I'll get you to the airport by noon, come hell or high water!不论有什么困难，我都会在中午前把你送到机场。(infml) If you do something for the hell of it, you do it without having any particular purpose or desire, but usually for amusement.只是取乐而已I didn't know what I wanted to do, so I drove my van round Europe, just for the hell of it.我不知想做什么，因此驾车环游了欧洲，只是为了取乐而已。(infml) If someone or something painful gives you hell, they criticize you severely, shout at you, hit you or give you pain.严厉批评某人，打骂某人，使某人痛苦The boss gave me hell for losing the computer disks.由于我丢失了磁盘，被老板狠骂了一顿。These new shoes are giving me hell.这双新鞋让我吃够了苦头。(slang) If you tell someone to go to hell, you are swearing at them and angrily telling them to stop talking and go away.见你的鬼"Listen to me, you're being very stupid." "Oh, go to hell!"“听我说，你这样做是很愚蠢的。”“见你的鬼!”(dated infml) If you go, run, ride, etc. hell for leather, you go or travel as fast as you can.迅速地，以最快速度(infml dated) If you say that something won't happen until hell freezes over, you mean that it will probably never happen.根本不可能发生She'll be waiting until hell freezes over if she's trying to get the boss's permission for a year off.她希望老板同意她休假一年，恐怕她永远要白等下去。(infml) If you say that there will be hell to pay, you mean that there will be a lot of trouble and severe criticism because of it.很大麻烦，严厉批评There's going to be hell to pay if these figures are made public.如果这些数字公布于众，那将引来很大的麻烦。(infml) If someone or something makes your life hell, they make a particular situation or length of time very difficult for you and cause you to feel unhappy.使日子不好过，使痛苦The class bully made her life hell at school.班里的霸道同学让她在学校的日子很不好过。Hell's Angels are a group of people who ride large motorcycles, wear jackets with the name and symbol of the group on them and are considered by some people to be often noisy, violent and drunk.地狱天使(指身穿印有这名字和符号茄克衫的摩托车车手，有人认为他们常常是喧闹、暴力和醉醺醺的)"Hell is other people" (Jean-Paul Sartre Huis clos, 1944)“他人即地狱”(选自萨特的著作《幽闭》)"There is many a boy here to-day who looks on war as all glory, but, boy, it is all hell (usually quoted as 'War is hell')" (speech by General William Tecumseh Sherman, 1880)“这里的许多年轻人认为战争是荣耀，但是，听着，战争是灾难。”(选自谢尔曼将军的演说) [HELLFIRE, HELLHOLE, INFERNAL]
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