hell
noun
uk/hel/us/hel/B2[SorU]
anextremelyunpleasantordifficultplace,situation, orexperience:
悲惨的境况；苦难的经历Work issheerhell at themoment.目前的工作如同在地狱一般。
The last fewmonthshave beenabsolutehell.最后几个月完全就是在受罪。
See also
hellholeinformal
infernal
B2[S](alsoHell)
in somereligions, theplacewhere somepeoplearebelievedto go afterdeathto bepunishedforeverfor thebadthings they have done duringtheirlives:
地狱I'llgo toHell for this.因为这件事我会下地狱的。
makesomeone'slife hellinformal(alsomake life hell forsomeone)
tocausea lot ofproblemsfor someone and make them veryunhappy:
给（某人）惹很多麻烦，让（某人）日子不好过Iworkedfor her for twoyearsand she made mylifehell.我给她打了两年工，她让我的日子很不好过。
- Living with her has beenpurehellrecently.
- I'dseeher in hell before I'dagreeto anarrangementlike that.
- It was alivinghell for thesoldiersout there on thefrontline.
- " Didn't youenjoyteaching, then?" "No, it wassheerhell - I'd never be ateacher."
- She had tosufferthe hell of givingbirthto herdeadbaby.
Relgious concepts: Hell
- chthonic
- damn
- damnation
- damned
- devildom
- fire
- fire and brimstoneidiom
- Hades
- hellfire
- infernal
- underworld
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Religious concepts: life after death
Treating people or animals badly
Idioms
all hell breaks loose
come hell or high water
for the hell of it
from hell
givesomeonehell
go to hell
go to hell and back
hell for leather
hell on earth
be hell on wheels
there'll be hell to pay
to hell withsomeone/something
when hell freezes over
hell
exclamation,noun[U]
uk/hel/us/hel/B2
used toexpressangeror toaddemphasis:
（表示愤怒或强调）Oh hell, I'veforgottenmykey!该死，我忘带钥匙了！
What thehell was thatnoise?那到底是什么声音？
We don't have ahopeinhell(= we have nohope)ofmeetingsuch atightdeadline.我们决不可能在这么紧的期限内完成。
Expressions of anger
- ay
- bally
- beg
- biscuit
- blast
- blasted
- bloody
- dash
- drat
- egad
- fie
- flaming
- flip
- flipping
- marry
- need
- precious
- put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it!idiom
- rats
- says who?idiom
Idioms
annoy, frighten, scare, etc. the hell out ofsomeone
(as)...as hell
be hell-bent onsomething
beat the hell out ofsomeone
get the hell out ofsomewhere
the hellsomeoneis/does, etc.
hell of a
hell yes/no
like hell
to hell
what the hell