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If something bedevils a person or a project, it keeps causing trouble for a long time — a leak that returns, a question a government cannot settle, a fear that will not leave. It is not one bad afternoon; it is a difficulty that hangs on. The word is a little formal or . In casual talk you might say it keeps bothering them, or it has been a nightmare. It is be- plus devil: as if a devil were at you. Devil itself came from Old English dēofol, from Latin diabolus, from Greek diábolos, first “slanderer,” then the Devil. People and plans get bedevilled; British spelling often doubles the l (bedevilled). Though actually, in ordinary use there is no ghost story here. It is just stubborn trouble.
長期困擾、折磨
組成be- + devil. Devil is from Old English dēofol, from Latin diabolus, from Greek diábolos. The prefix be- makes a verb: to work on someone as a devil would.
同家族的字
- devilthe evil spirit; bedevil is literally that word made into a verb with be-
- diabolicalfrom the same Greek diábolos that gave English devil, by the Latin path
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
bedevilverb[bɪˈdɛvəɫ]
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To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
- Guerrilla attacks continued to bedevil the larger army's supply routes.
- Mr. Levi may have been bedeviled by buried conflicts unrelated to Auschwitz.
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To perplex or bewilder.
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To possess (someone's mind).
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。