fiendish

英 [ˈfiːndɪʃ]

美 [ˈfiːndɪʃ]

adj.  恶魔般的; 残忍的; 令人憎恶的; (常令人不快地)巧妙复杂的; 极其困难的

TEM8

BNC.22124 / COCA.29368

牛津词典

adj.

• 恶魔般的；残忍的；令人憎恶的
  cruel and unpleasant
  1. a fiendish act
     残忍的行为
  2. shrieks of fiendish laughter
     恶魔般的尖笑声
• （常令人不快地）巧妙复杂的
  extremely clever and complicated, often in an unpleasant way
  1. a puzzle of fiendish complexity
     深奥复杂的谜
  2. a fiendish plan
     巧妙复杂的计划
• 极其困难的
  extremely difficult
  1. a fiendish problem
     大难题

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (计划、行动、装置等)巧妙的，富有想象力的
  Afiendishplan, action, or device is very clever or imaginative.
  1. ...a fiendish plot.
     巧妙复杂的计谋
• ADJ-GRADED 极其困难的;极具挑战性的
  Afiendishproblem or task is very difficult and challenging.
  1. A rather neat option allows you to design your own fiendish puzzle.
     只要干净利落地做一个选择，你就能自己设计出难以解开的谜题。
  2. ...the fiendish difficulty of the questions.
     这些问题极度困难之处
• ADJ-GRADED 以残忍为乐的;恶魔般的
  Afiendishperson enjoys being cruel.
  1. This was a fiendish act of wickedness.
     这是极其恶毒的行为。

英英释义

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:demonicdiabolicdiabolicalhellishinfernalsatanicunholy

双语例句

• The possession of annihilative power has not slowed down the drive toward even more fiendish modes of inflicting wholesale death ( Saturday Review)
  对毁灭性力量的拥有并未减缓向更残忍的大规模杀伤手段发展的速度（星期六评论）
• And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, groves, or hills, or field, The savages took fiendish delight in torturing their prisoners.
  我们将享受到无穷的乐趣；山峦、溪谷、旷野、树林、那些野蛮人对囚犯施刑，从中得到兽性的乐趣。
• Unlike a Barbarian, however, a fiendish rage drake is not fatigued after raging.
  和野蛮人不同，炼狱狂暴龙兽在狂暴之后不会力竭。
• The public loved her so much and Diana would have found delicious, fiendish ways to have made it somehow impossible.
  市民喜爱她这么多，戴安娜也找到好吃的，魔王如何取得这有点不可能。
• He was filled with a fiendish glee at seeing his pupils struggle with the sums he set them.
  看到学生在绞尽脑汁地演算他所布置的算术题，他心里充满了一种恶毒的快意。
• The savages took fiendish delight in torturing their prisoners.
  那些野蛮人对囚犯施刑，从中得到兽性的乐趣。
• They are grappling with a fiendish dilemma.
  他们正在艰难应对一个险恶的两难困境。
• The Boxer Indemnity is imposed on the Chinese vast debt through the regulation of the unequal treaty by the imperialism powers, and it's the most fiendish robbing of China.
  庚子赔款是帝国主义列强通过不平等条约的规定强加给中国的巨额债务，是对中国的一次最赤裸、最凶恶的掠夺。
• It was just a fiendish plan to keep their minds off asking for more money.
  这只不过是用来转移他们的注意力，使他们忘掉要求加钱的鬼计。
• And suddenly, it didn't look so fiendish anymore.
  突然间，我感觉它再也不那么凶残了。