hellish

英 [ˈhelɪʃ]

美 [ˈhelɪʃ]

adj. 极不愉快的

BNC.21525 / COCA.18113

牛津词典

adj.

ADJ-GRADED 地狱般的;讨厌的;可憎的
You describe something ashellishto emphasize that it is extremely unpleasant.
1. The atmosphere in Washington is hellish...
  华盛顿的气氛令人憎恶。
2. I'm sure you will remember from the hellish years of your boyhood.
  我相信你一定记得自己梦魇般的童年时代的事情。
ADV …得要命;…得够呛
You usehellishto emphasize an unpleasant quality or its great extent.
1. It's hellish cold up here in winter.
  这里的冬天冷得要命。

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:demonicdiabolicdiabolicalfiendishinfernalsatanicunholy
very unpleasant
1. hellish weather
2. stop that god-awful racket
Synonym:beastlygod-awful

Four days offline can be truly restful. Whereas a two-week break can be two weeks of hellish preparation, two weeks of rest, followed by two stressful weeks digging out from under 2,000 emails.
4天的离线生活能够让人获得真正的休息，而两周的假期却可能成为两周地狱般的工作准备，人们休息两周之后往往还要花两周时间处理遗留下来的2000封邮件。
Were the roads as hellish as I told you?
路是不是象我告诉你的那么难找？
I'm going to Canberra University. His schooldays were hellish.
我准备去堪培拉大学。他的学生时代苦不堪言。
Experienced a failure, I know Bryant will hellish training in the summer.
经历了这次失败，我知道科比又会在夏天展开地狱般的训练。
Brightness, Contrast, Levels and other hellish tasks.
亮度、对比度、层级和其他艰巨的任务。
But backed-up ports, frequent blackouts and hellish roads put many off.
但落后的港口、频繁的停电以及糟糕的道路，让许多公司望而却步。
Her eyes will fill with hellish visions.
她的眼中会出现幻觉。
This has been a hellish juggle, for we are married here upon the foot of a double fraud.
这套是个恶毒的骗局，我们是在双重欺诈下结婚的。
But we ought not-we will not-travel down that hellish path blindly.
然而，我们不应该、也不会盲目地沿着那条通向地狱的路走下去！
The weather's been hellish recently.
近来的天气真叫人够受了！