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地獄
In some religions, hell is the place where the Devil lives, and where wicked people are sent to be punished when they die. Hell is usually imagined as being under the ground and full of flames.
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令人痛苦的境況（或經歷）;地獄般的地方
If you say that a particular situation or place is hell, you are emphasizing that it is extremely unpleasant.
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...the hell of the Siberian labor camps...
地獄般的西伯利亞勞改營
Bullies can make your life hell.
恃強欺弱者能讓你的日子像活地獄。
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（用于咒罵或加強語氣）見鬼，該死
Hell is used by some people when they are angry or excited, or when they want to emphasize what they are saying.
例句
'Hell, no!' the doctor snapped.
“絕對不行！”醫生厲聲道。
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（用于形容詞或一些副詞后表示強調）非常，很
You can use as hell after adjectives or some adverbs to emphasize the adjective or adverb.
例句
The men might be armed, but they sure as hell weren't trained...
這些人可能攜有武器，但他們很顯然沒有受過訓練。
I am angry as hell.
我氣壞了。
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人間地獄
If you say that a place or a situation is hell on earth or a hell on earth, you are emphasizing that it is extremely unpleasant or that it causes great suffering.
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She believed she would die in the snake-infested sand dunes. She said: 'It was hell on earth'.
她覺得自己會死在遍地毒蛇的沙丘中。她說：“這簡直是人間地獄。”
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只是為了好玩;玩玩而已
If someone does something for the hell of it, or just for the hell of it, they do it for fun or for no particular reason.
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Managers seem to be spending millions just for the hell of it.
經理們似乎只為了尋個樂子就動輒花上幾百萬。
It was stupid, just vandalism for the hell of it.
只是為了好玩而破壞公物是很愚蠢的行為。
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一直;永遠
If you say that you will do something until hell freezes over, you are emphasizing that you will do it for a very long time or for ever.
例句
He says he'll sit there until hell freezes over before he'll pay them one cent.
他說他寧可永遠坐在那里，也不會付給他們一分錢。
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（用于名詞后表示強調）極糟的，壞透的
You can use from hell after a noun when you are emphasizing that something or someone is extremely unpleasant or evil.
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He's a child from hell...
他是個壞透了的小孩。
She is the bitch from hell.
她是個壞得冒水的潑婦。
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痛罵;狠狠地責罵
If you say that someone gives you hell, you are emphasizing that they shout at you very angrily because of something you have done wrong.
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My father saw this in the newspaper and he gave me absolute hell.
我父親在報紙上看到這個消息后把我罵了個狗血淋頭。
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給…帶來大麻煩;使…吃足苦頭
If you say that something is giving you hell, you are emphasizing that it is causing you a lot of trouble or pain.
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My back's giving me hell, let me tell you!...
告訴你吧，我的背可讓我受夠罪了！
The children give her hell, particularly the older boys.
這些孩子讓她吃足了苦頭，特別是那些年齡大一點的男孩子。
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滾開;滾一邊去
If you tell someone to go to hell, you are angrily telling them to go away and leave you alone.
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'Well, you can go to hell!' He swept out of the room.
“嘿，你給我有多遠滾多遠！”他昂首闊步走出了房間。
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（表示不屑）見你的鬼去，去你的
If you say that someone can go to hell, you are emphasizing angrily that you do not care about them and that they will not stop you doing what you want.
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Peter can go to hell. It's my money and I'll leave it to who I want...
讓彼得見鬼去吧。這是我的錢，我想留給誰就留給誰。
I'm going to do as I please and let 'em all go to hell.
我想怎么干就怎么干，讓他們全都見鬼去吧。
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飛快地;以危險的高速
If you say that someone is going hell for leather, you are emphasizing that they are doing something or are moving very quickly and perhaps carelessly.
例句
The first horse often goes hell for leather, hits a few fences but gets away with it...
第一匹馬往往跑得很快，會碰到幾根橫桿，但不會碰落。
They've been going hell for leather, trying to record as much as they can.
他們動作飛快，想盡量多錄一點。
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（表示反對）絕對不行
Some people say like hell to emphasize that they strongly disagree with you or are strongly opposed to what you say.
例句
'I'll go myself.' — 'Like hell you will!'
“我會自己去。”——“絕對不可以！”
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（表示強調）非常，很
Some people use like hell to emphasize how strong an action or quality is.
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It hurts like hell...
疼死了。
I missed her like hell.
我想她想得要命。
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活地獄
If you describe a place or situation as a living hell, you are emphasizing that it is extremely unpleasant.
例句
School is a living hell for some children.
對于有些孩子來說，學校簡直就是活地獄。
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大亂起來;喧鬧起來;鬧翻天
If you say that all hell breaks loose, you are emphasizing that a lot of arguing or fighting suddenly starts.
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He had an affair, I found out and then all hell broke loose.
他有了婚外戀，我發現了，一切頓時天翻地覆。
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許多;大量
If you talk about a hell of a lot of something, or one hell of a lot of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it.
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The manager took a hell of a lot of money out of the club.
主教練從俱樂部拿到了很多錢。
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（表示強調）極好，極壞，極大
Some people use a hell of or one hell of to emphasize that something is very good, very bad, or very big.
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Whatever the outcome, it's going to be one hell of a fight.
不管結果如何，這都會是場艱苦的戰斗。
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（從…）立即離開，很快脫身
If you tell someone to get the hell out of a place, you are telling them angrily or emphatically to leave that place immediately.
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Get the hell out of my way...
滾開，別擋著我。
I got the hell out of Glasgow and I can honestly say I will never go back.
我飛快地逃離了格拉斯哥，而且老實說我再也不會回去了。
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（用在 scare, irritate 和 beat 等動詞后表示強調）大大地，猛烈地
Some people use the hell out of for emphasis after verbs such as 'scare', 'irritate', and 'beat'.
例句
I patted the top of her head in the condescending way I knew irritated the hell out of her...
我故意俯就地拍了拍她的頭頂，知道這會讓她非常惱火。
Those cops beat the hell out of me.
那些警察把我打得半死。
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會有嚴重問題;會有大麻煩
If you say there'll be hell to pay, you are emphasizing that there will be serious trouble.
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There would be hell to pay when Ferguson and Tony found out about it.
一旦弗格森和托尼發現此事，就會有大麻煩的。
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破壞，損害，攪亂，給…制造麻煩（英國英語中亦作play merry hell with）
To play hell with something means to have a bad effect on it or cause great confusion. In British English, you can also say that one person or thing plays merry hell with another.
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Lord Beaverbrook, to put it bluntly, played hell with the war policy of the R.A.F...
直言不諱地說，比弗布魯克勛爵將皇家空軍的作戰方針搞得一團糟。
Slugs play merry hell with emerging shoots.
蛞蝓會破壞長出的新芽。
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大吵大鬧;叫嚷著反對;大興問罪之師
If you say that someone raises hell, you are emphasizing that they protest strongly and angrily about a situation in order to persuade other people to correct it or improve it.
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She came in and raised hell. Her son's sports bag was missing...
她進來大吵大鬧。她兒子的運動包丟了。
The only way to preserve democracy is to raise hell about its shortcomings.
維護民主的唯一辦法是對其缺陷大聲提出意見。
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（用于what、where、why等詞后表示生氣）到底，究竟
People sometimes use the hell for emphasis in questions, after words such as 'what', 'where', and 'why', often in order to express anger.
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Where the hell have you been?...
你到底去哪里了？
Why the hell should I know about Dadinha?...
憑什么我就應該了解達丁哈的情況？
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（使）經受重重困難;（使）吃苦頭
If you go through hell, or if someone puts you through hell, you have a very difficult or unpleasant time.
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All of you seem to have gone through hell making this record...
為了灌制這張唱片你們大家似乎都經歷了重重波折。
I put Brian through hell.
我讓布賴恩吃盡了苦頭。
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打心眼里盼望;極想
If you say you hope to hell or wish to hell that something is true, you are emphasizing that you strongly hope or wish it is true.
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I hope to hell you're right.
我真心希望你是對的。
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無論有多大困難;不管發生什么;赴湯蹈火
If you say that you will do something come hell or high water, you are emphasizing that you are determined to do it, in spite of the difficulties involved.
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I've always managed to get into work come hell or high water.
不管發生什么情況，我都沒有不上班過。
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管他呢
You can say 'what the hell' when you decide to do something in spite of the doubts that you have about it.
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What the hell, I thought, at least it will give the lazy old man some exercise.
管他呢，我心想，至少這能讓懶鬼老頭活動一下筋骨。
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（表示不在乎）讓…見鬼去吧
If you say 'to hell with' something, you are emphasizing that you do not care about something and that it will not stop you from doing what you want to do.
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To hell with this, I'm getting out of here...
讓這事見鬼去吧，我可要走了。
To hell with grades and qualifications.
讓分數和資格證書都見鬼去吧。