bedevil是什么意思

音标:英 [bɪ'devl]美 [bɪˈdɛvəl]

vt. 使痛苦, 使苦恼, 虐待

v treat cruelly
v be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

bedevil的用法和例句：

1. I simply followed it to the creature that bedeviled you.

在它的指引下 我轻易地追踪到了 纠缠你们的那个生物

2. I'd either skelp their lugs or bedevil their suppers.

我会拧下他们的耳朵或是在饭菜里加料

3. I foolishly hoped they were through when two years passed with no redcoats bedeviling us.

两年里都没有英格兰士兵再来找我们麻烦 我还傻傻地希望这一切结束了

4. Before long, they'll find themselves bewildered and bedeviled in the town's attractive if drafty town hall.

很快 他们就会在村里漏风而漂亮的 村政厅里 感到困惑又苦恼

5. Progress at every turn on the great transcontinental railroad has been bedeviled by labor unrest, calamity of nature, god, and man.

伟大的越州铁路每一阶段的成功 都遇到了劳资纠纷 自然灾害 神不眷顾 人心不和