bedevil
- IPA[bɪˈdɛvl]
英式
- (of something bad) cause great and continual trouble to；(of a person) torment or harass
verb: bedevil, 3rd person present: bedevils, gerund or present participle: bedevilling, past tense: bedevilled, past participle: bedevilled
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. (of something bad) cause great and continual trouble to projects like this are bedevilled by a shortage of cash
- ▪ (of a person) torment or harass he bedevilled them with petty practical jokes
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- IPA[bəˈdev(ə)l]
美式
- (of something bad) cause great and continual trouble to: inconsistencies that bedevil modern English spelling
Oxford American Dictionary
