bedevil [bi'devəl]

英汉解释

vt. 使痛苦；虐待；使苦恼

同义词

v. confound，confuse，crucify，dun

参考例句

1. Communities sometimes seem to be bedevilled.
社会有时似乎受了蛊惑。
2. If it backfires, it could bedevil efforts to contain public spending.
若计划遭遇不测，为控制政府开支所做的努力将功亏一篑。
3. It might also focus politicians' and regulators' minds on the central conflicts that bedevil a largely self-regulated financial system.
那还可能使政界人士和监管者去关注困扰着金融体系的核心冲突，目前这个金融体系基本上是自我监管的。

英英解释

v.
  1. treat cruelly
  2. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

网络释义

bedevil
折磨; 虐待; 使痛苦; 使苦恼;