记忆方法
1. literally "throw across" => "attack, slander" => "attacker, accuser, slanderer" => "devil, satan, demon".
2. 由向某人扔东西来攻击某人，引申为攻击者、中伤者，进而由此引申为恶魔、魔鬼。
3. diabolical => diabol- => devil (dia- -> de-, bol- -> -vil).
2. 由向某人扔东西来攻击某人，引申为攻击者、中伤者，进而由此引申为恶魔、魔鬼。
3. diabolical => diabol- => devil (dia- -> de-, bol- -> -vil).
中文词源
diabolical 糟糕透顶的
来自拉丁语diabolus, 穿过，诽谤，攻击，词源同devil. 即魔鬼般的，糟糕透顶的。
英语词源
- diabolical
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diabolical: see devil
- diabolical (adj.)
- c. 1500, "pertaining to the devil," from diabolic + -al (1). Meaning "befitting the devil" is from 1540s. Related: Diabolically.
权威例句
- 1. The pain was diabolical.
- 疼痛异常剧烈。
- 2. It was a diabolical error, a schoolboy error.
- 那是个十分低级的错误，一个小学生才会犯的错误。
- 3. The traffic was diabolical.
- 交通状况糟糕透了。
- 4. This maneuver of his is a diabolical conspiracy.
- 他这一手是一个居心叵测的大阴谋.
- 5. One speaker today called the plan diabolical and sinister.
- 今天一名发言人称该计划阴险恶毒。
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