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Demonic means relating to, or acting like, a demon - an evil spirit. It's used seriously in religious or horror contexts (a demonic possession), but also loosely and jokingly to describe something wild, intense, or a little scary, like a demonic laugh or working with demonic energy.
惡魔的；著魔似的
組成demon + -ic (an adjective suffix meaning 'relating to')
同家族的字
- demonthe root word inside demonic
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。
demonicadj/dɪˈmɒnɪk/
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Pertaining to demons or evil spirits; demoniac.
- Convinced that his uncle was a warlock, he rifled through his attic, looking for demonic artifacts.
- Once he had grasped the controls, he unleashed a demonic laugh that made his hostages shudder.
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Pertaining to daemons in ancient Greek thought; concerning supernatural ‘genius’.
- Aristotle concedes that the nature of the dream is indeed daemonic [translating dämonischer], but not divine – which might well reveal a profound meaning, if one could hit on the right translation.
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Extremely cruel or evil; abhorrent or repugnant; diabolical.
- Lifton goes on to argue that they can commit these demonic acts because they rationalize their behaviour. A whole array of rationalizations justified the murder of innocent men, women and children.
- Texts show the star prime time host Tucker Carlson calling Mr. Trump a “demonic force,” […]
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。