hell

1. N-PROPER/N-COUNT In some religions, hell is the place where the Devil lives, and where wicked people are sent to be punished when they die. Hell is usually imagined as being under the ground and full of flames. 地狱

I've never believed. Not in heaven or hell or God or Satan until now. 我以前一直都不信。直到现在我才相信有天堂、地狱、上帝和撒旦。

2. N-VAR If you say that a particular situation or place is hell, you are emphasizing that it is extremely unpleasant. 令人痛苦不堪的处境 (或地方)[强调]

...the hell of the Siberian labour camps. …西伯利亚劳改营那个活地狱。

3. INTERJ Hell is used by some people when they are angry or excited, or when they want to emphasize what they are saying. This use could cause offence. 该死[强调]

"Hell, no!" the doctor snapped. “该死，不！”医生厉声说。

1. PHRASE You can use as hell after adjectives or some adverbs to emphasize the adjective or adverb. 很[非正式]

The men might be armed, but they sure as hell weren't trained. 这些男人也许被武装了，但他们当时确确实实没受训练。

2. PHRASE If someone does something for the hell of it, or just for the hell of it, they do it for fun or for no particular reason. 只是为了好玩[非正式]

I started shouting in German, just for the hell of it. 我当时开始用德语喊叫，只是为了好玩。

3. PHRASE You can use from hell after a noun when you are emphasizing that something or someone is extremely unpleasant or evil. 极坏[非正式]

He's a child from hell. 他这个孩子坏透了。

4. PHRASE If you tell someone to go to hell, you are angrily telling them to go away and leave you alone. 滚开[非正式，粗话]

"Well, you can go to hell!" He swept out of the room. “行了，滚开！”他大模大样地走出房间。

5. PHRASE If you say that someone can go to hell, you are emphasizing angrily that you do not care about them and that they will not stop you doing what you want. 见鬼去吧[非正式，粗话]

Peter can go to hell. It's my money and I'll leave it to who I want. 让彼得见鬼去吧。那是我的钱，我想留给谁就留给谁。

6. PHRASE If you say that someone is going hell for leather, you are emphasizing that they are doing something or are moving very quickly and perhaps carelessly. 飞快地[非正式]

The first horse often goes hell for leather, hits a few fences but gets away with it. 第一匹马往往跑得飞快，会撞落几根横杆，但一般不会被罚分。

7. PHRASE Some people say like hell to emphasize that they strongly disagree with you or are strongly opposed to what you say. 绝不会[非正式]

"I'll go myself."—"Like hell you will!"

“我会自己去。”—“可你绝不会！”

8. PHRASE Some people use like hell to emphasize how strong an action or quality is. 非常[非正式]

It hurts like hell. 这儿非常痛。

9. PHRASE If you say that all hell breaks loose, you are emphasizing that a lot of arguing or fighting suddenly starts. 大乱起来[非正式]

He had an affair, I found out and then all hell broke loose. 他有了外遇，我发现了，接着便闹翻了天。

10. PHRASE If you talk about a hell of a lot of something, or one hell of a lot of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it. 许多[非正式]

The manager took a hell of a lot of money out of the club. 经理从夜总会拿走了许多钱。

11. PHRASE Some people use a hell of or one hell of to emphasize that something is very good, very bad, or very big. 极度的[非正式]

Whatever the outcome, it's going to be one hell of a fight. 不管结果如何，那都将是一场恶战。

12. PHRASE Some people use the hell out of for emphasis after verbs such as "scare," "irritate," and "beat." 非常 (用于)(scare)(,)(irritate)(,和)(beat)(等动词之后表强调)[非正式]

I patted the top of her head in the condescending way I knew irritated the hell out of her. 我以降尊纡贵的姿态拍了她的头顶，知道这会让她气得七窍生烟。

13. PHRASE If you say there'll be hell to pay, you are emphasizing that there will be serious trouble. 会有大麻烦[非正式]

There would be hell to pay when Ferguson and Tony found out about it. 要是弗格森和托妮发现了这事，那麻烦可就大了。

14. PHRASE To play hell with something means to have a bad effect on it or cause great confusion. 造成混乱[非正式]

The rain had played hell with business. 这场雨把事情搞得一团糟。

15. PHRASE People sometimes use the hell for emphasis in questions, after words such as "what," "where," and "why," often in order to express anger. 究竟[非正式，粗话]

Where the hell have you been?

你究竟去了哪里？

16. PHRASE If you go through hell, or if someone puts you through hell, you have a very difficult or unpleasant time. 经受苦难[非正式]

All of you seem to have gone through hell making this record. 看来在灌制这张唱片时你们经受了重重困难。

17. PHRASE If you say you hope to hell or wish to hell that something is true, you are emphasizing that you strongly hope or wish it is true. 打心底里盼望[非正式]

I hope to hell you're right. 我打心底里希望你是对的。

18. PHRASE You can say "what the hell" when you decide to do something in spite of the doubts that you have about it. 不管它[非正式]

What the hell, I thought, at least it will give the lazy old man some exercise. 不管它，我想，至少这会让那个懒老头活动活动筋骨。

19. PHRASE If you say "to hell with" something, you are emphasizing that you do not care about something and that it will not stop you from doing what you want to do. 让…见鬼去[非正式]

To hell with this, I'm getting out of here. 让它见鬼去吧，我要离开这里了。