名詞 the devil:

1. something difficult or awkward to do or deal with

1. The Devil tempted Adam and Eve.
   魔鬼誘惑了亞當和夏娃。
2. The guards were sadistic beasts and their leader was the devil incarnate.
   那些警衛(wèi)都是殘暴的野獸，他們的首領是個魔鬼的化身。
3. Cold weather plays the devil with my rheumatism.
   天一冷，我的風濕病就犯了。
4. There'll be the devil to pay if you scratch my car!
   你要是劃壞了我的汽車你就有麻煩了！
5. In this business you have to be tough, and the devil take the hindmost.
   干這一行必須心狠，誰顧別人誰吃虧。
6. Talk of the devil and he will appear.
   說到曹操，曹操就到。
7. There will be the devil to pay.
   后果不堪設想。