devilment

['devlmənt]

n. 怪事, 怪现象

例句与用法：

She played a trick on him out of sheer devilment.

她捉弄他完全是为了寻开心。

She's up to some devilry or other.

她正要搞个恶作剧什么的。

n.

1. 恶行; 残暴

2. 恶作剧; 怪事

devilment

词义辨析：

同义参见:

mischief

devilment['devəlmənt]n.1.■捣蛋，恶作剧，捣乱行为，开玩笑2.■魔鬼似的行径，恶行，恶迹3.■怪现象，怪事4.■精力，活力，生气，生机

1. [mass noun]reckless mischief; wild spirits
   （不计后果的）恶捣蛋，恶作剧；野性
   his eyes were blazing with devilment.
   他的眼睛里闪烁着野性的光。
   

devilment

名词 devilment:

reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

同义词：mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan

devilment

■The devil is good [kind] to his own.

(谈到自己不喜欢的人走运时)恶人自有魔鬼保佑。

■Neither give place to the devil.

27也不可给魔鬼留地步。

■He must [should] have a long spoon that sups with the devil.

[谚]同坏人打交道必须提高警惕。

■"Who the devil is it?" exclaimed Grandet.

“哪个混账东西?”葛郎台咕噜着说。

■One face to God, and another to the Devil.

一张面孔向上帝，一张面孔朝撒旦。

■Talk of the devil and he's sure to appear.

不幸而言中。

■Old Chuckie is sure full of the devil.

不用说，老查克的鬼点子特别多。

■He needs a long spoon who sup with the devil.

与鬼打交道，警惕不可少。

■It's bad manners of Dennis always to keep us waiting. Shall we go? Oh, talk of the devil, there he is.

丹尼斯很不礼貌，总是让我们等他，咱们走吧！噢，说到曹操，曹操就到。他来了。

■We had to run like the devil to catch our train.

为了赶上火车,我们只好拼命地奔跑。

■Why did they call him "a cunning old devil"?

为什么他们叫他“老滑头”呢?

■Joe is in a devil of a hole.

乔现在处境非常尴尬。

■And do not give the devil a foothold.

也不可给魔鬼留地步。

■He wished him at the devil with all his heart.

他一心希望那人赶快滚蛋。

■They love the tax collector as the devil loves holy water.

他们对那个收税人恨之入骨。

■He was almost possessed by a devil.

他几乎着了魔。

■He is just playing the devil's advocate with me.

他只是故意和我唱反调而已。

■He may go to the devil for all I care.

他可以去死,我不管。

■He may get the devil and all the money.

他可以把这笔臭钱全部拿去。

■He had a devil of a time getting home.

他回家时一路上十分辛苦(历尽艰辛)。

■He has lost his job, poor devil.

他失业了,这个可怜的家伙。

■He has lost his job, poor devil!

他失业了，可怜的人！

■He is always pulling the devil by the tail.

他总是不断同困难作斗争。

■He is a lazy devil and keeps his talent in a napkin, with his ability and a little energy he could set the Thames on fire.

他是一个懒鬼，把天资埋没了。只要发挥出他的才干，再加上一点干劲，他可以干出一番惊天动地的大事来。

■He' s a devil with ( ie flirts with ) the ladies.

他是个玩弄女性的家伙.

■He was the devil of a fellow. He was the lover of a married woman.

他是个糟透了的家伙。他是一个有夫之妇的情人。

■He was banished to Devil's Island.

他被流放到魔岛。

■Some devil has deprived this fellow of his senses!

他被魔鬼缠上身，迷住心窍啦！

■He's an artful devil!

他诡计多端！

■Why the devil did you bring him to this hotel?

你为什么非得把他带到这家旅馆呢?

■Who the devil do you think you are?

你以为你是谁?

■What the devil do you think you're doing?

你到底想干什么?

■Your plan plays the devil with all my friends.

你的计划给我所有的朋友都带来了麻烦。

■There is the devil to pay if you scratch my car!

你要是划坏了我的汽车你就有麻烦了!

■There'll be the devil to pay if you scratch my car!

你要是划坏了我的汽车你就有麻烦了！

■You sly old devil! How long have you known?

你这个老滑头！你知道有多久了?

■Thus, deity can be distinguished from devil.

其鬼不神

■Needsmust when the devil dri. Each fish to swim.

切莫教鱼游。

■Raise no more devil than you can lie.

别揽自己干不了的活。

■What/Who/Why/Where the devil is that?

到底是什麽鬼名堂是哪个家伙/是为什麽/是在什麽鬼地方?

■The cross on the breast,and the devil in the heart.

十字胸前挂，恶念心中藏。

■If there only some shorter and more direct route to the devil, it would save an awful lot of sorrow and anxiety in this world.

只要有更短而又直接通往灭亡的大道，这世上就可省却不少悲哀与忧愁的吧。

■It's easier to raise the devil than to lay him.

召鬼容易驱鬼难;请神容易送神难。

■He only spoils the show, poor devil.

可怜的家伙，他不过是糟蹋了这个场面罢了。

■He must have a long spoon that sups with devil.

同坏人打交道就得有一手。

■There will be the devil to pay.

后果不堪设想。

■Gee, the old man was as mad as the devil.

哎呀，老头子气极了。

■Oh, who the devil started this funeral talk?

哦，谁开的头引起这番丧气话的?

■The husband, that individual certainly is a devil!

啊,丈夫,那个人一定是魔鬼!

■O, Draconian devil! Oh, lame saint!

啊，严酷的魔王！噢，瘸腿的圣徒！