diabolical
英 [daɪə'bɒlɪk(ə)l]
美
助記提示
1. literally "throw across" => "attack, slander" => "attacker, accuser, slanderer" => "devil, satan, demon".
2. 由向某人扔東西來攻擊某人，引申為攻擊者、中傷者，進而由此引申為惡魔、魔鬼。
3. diabolical => diabol- => devil (dia- -> de-, bol- -> -vil).
中文詞源
diabolical 糟糕透頂的來自拉丁語diabolus, 穿過，誹謗，攻擊，詞源同devil. 即魔鬼般的，糟糕透頂的。
英文詞源
- diabolical
- diabolical: see devil
- diabolical (adj.)
- c. 1500, "pertaining to the devil," from diabolic + -al (1). Meaning "befitting the devil" is from 1540s. Related: Diabolically.
雙語例句
- 1. The pain was diabolical.
- 疼痛異常劇烈。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It was a diabolical error, a schoolboy error.
- 那是個十分低級的錯誤，一個小學生才會犯的錯誤。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The traffic was diabolical.
- 交通狀況糟糕透了。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. This maneuver of his is a diabolical conspiracy.
- 他這一手是一個居心叵測的大陰謀.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. One speaker today called the plan diabolical and sinister.
- 今天一名發言人稱該計劃陰險惡毒。
來自辭典例句