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

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。
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！
Isn't this heat hellish?
太热了点，是吗？
The atmosphere in Washington is hellish
华盛顿的气氛令人憎恶。
You are the one shining light in this hellish hole.
你是这个地狱般洞穴中一道闪亮的光。
By extension, the celestial light and hellish darkness occur in postlapsarian Garden of Eden.
更有甚者，天堂的光明和地狱的黑暗，两者意象同时出现在伊甸乐园里面。
His is a hellish promiscuity, desperate not so much for love as for loss.
那是地狱般混乱的爱欲沉沦，爱比不爱更绝望。
The best thing about the lunch break: I get to remove those hellish contacts.
午餐休息时间最好的事情就是：我可以把那些看起来无比凶残的隐形眼镜给摘了。
His schooldays were hellish.
他的学生时代苦极了。
Now popular culture in America and elsewhere in the west is agog about the physical prowess of these highly toned men who suffer hellish tests in order to enter this elite killing machine.
现在，美国乃至西方其他国家的流行文化都对海豹部队的体能惊叹不已，这些体格强健的男人经受了地狱般的考验才得以成为这个精锐的杀人机器的一分子。