喜樂美語
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    Infernal literally means related to hell, as in "infernal " in old religious writing, but in everyday modern English, people mostly use it as an old-fashioned, slightly funny way to complain about something - "this infernal noise!" means "this terrible, noise!" It is a bit like saying "damn", but milder and more old-fashioned.

    地獄般的;(誇張、老式的抱怨用語)討厭的

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組成From Latin "infernus", meaning "lower, underneath", referring to the underworld.

同家族的字

  • infernoshares the same root - an inferno is a huge, raging fire, often compared to hell

原始詞典資料6 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。

infernaladj/ɪnˈfɜː(ɹ)nəl/

  • 1

    Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.

    • He proffered a pact to Satan, calling upon the Fiend and working himself into a frenzy - but his infernal majesty failed to respond.
  • 2

    Of or relating to a fire or inferno.

  • 3

    Stygian, gloomy.

  • 4

    Diabolical or fiendish.

    • Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd The Mother of Mankind
    • the instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings
  • 5

    Very annoying; damned.

    • As I had to put up with the patronage and the lecturings, and the eyeglass of that infernal old woman, […]
    • When are you ever going to learn to mind your own infernal business?

infernalnoun/ɪnˈfɜː(ɹ)nəl/

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    An inhabitant of the infernal regions, a demon.

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。