demons

英 [ˈdiːmənz]

美 [ˈdimənz]

n.  恶魔; 魔鬼; 技艺出众的人; 精力充沛的人; (使人担忧和不快的)邪恶事物
demon的复数

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 daemon


• N-COUNT 魔鬼;恶魔
  Ademonis an evil spirit.
  1. ...a woman possessed by demons.
     被魔鬼附身的女子
• N-COUNT 心魔;邪恶的事物
  Sources of worry or conflict which trouble a person or group of people are sometimes referred to asdemons.
  1. His private demons drove him to drink excessively for many years.
     他个人的心魔让他多年以来酗酒度日。
  2. ...the demons of hatred, violence and ethnic fanaticism.
     仇恨、暴力和种族狂热主义等诸恶
• N-COUNT 技艺出众的人;精力过人的人;高手;能手
  If you approve of someone because they are very skilled at what they do or because they do it energetically, you can say that they do it like ademon.
  1. He played like a demon...
     他球艺惊人。
  2. He is a demon organizer.
     他组织能力极强。
• N-COUNT 恶人;恶棍;魔头
  If you refer to a powerful person such as a politician as ademon, you mean that you believe they are bad and might be dangerous.
  1. She was a dictator and a demon...
     她是一个独裁者，一个女魔头。
  2. He was seen as a demon, determined to hand the country over to the reactionaries.
     他被看成一个执意要将国家交给反动分子的恶魔。

双语例句

• Driven by demons, jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair.
  魔鬼一面的乔布斯能让他身边的人暴怒和绝望。
• I had read of such hideous incarnate demons.
  我读过关于这类可怕的化身鬼怪的书。
• This is where I put demons.
  这是我埋葬恶魔的地方。
• Malign spirits and Demons persuade the characters to betray each other.
  邪恶的精灵和魔鬼劝说人物相互背叛。
• His private demons drove him to drink excessively for many years.
  他个人的心魔让他多年以来酗酒度日。
• Can we explain the universe without resorting to gods or demons?
  我们能否不藉助神灵或魔鬼来解释宇宙呢？
• Wealth, success and status are all simply ways of attracting enemies and demons.
  财富、成功和地位全都只能吸引敌人和恶魔。
• The true heroes of the past war with the Demons were Unicorns.
  过去与恶魔的战争中真正的英雄是独角兽。
• Without a word, the demons did exactly as the king had asked.
  两个魔鬼二话不说就照大仁慈王的要求去做了。
• Two of them, The Da Vinci Code and Angels& Demons, have been adapted into films.
  其中两部小说《达芬奇密码》和《天使与魔鬼》还被改编为电影。