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习语积累 习语 n. be a devil (BrE) （用以鼓励）别怕，勇敢点 people say Be a devil! to encourage sb to do sth that they are not sure about doing Go on, be a devil, buy both of them. 来，怕什么，两个都买了吧！ better the devil you know (than the devil you don't) (saying) 熟悉的魔鬼比不熟悉的魔鬼好；不要嫌熟悉的环境不好，换个不熟悉的环境可能更糟 used to say that it is easier and wiser to stay in a bad situation that you know and can deal with rather than change to a new situation which may be much worse between the devil and the deep blue sea 进退维谷；左右为难 in a difficult situation where there are two equally unpleasant or unacceptable choices the devil (old-fashioned) 非常困难；令人非常不快 very difficult or unpleasant These berries are the devil to pick because they're so small. 这些浆果太小了，很难摘。 the devil looks after his own (saying) 坏人多好运；坏蛋自有鬼照顾；恶人自有恶人帮 bad people often seem to have good luck the devil makes work for idle hands (saying) 人闲生是非 people who do not have enough to do often start to do wrong She blamed the crimes on the local jobless teenagers. ‘The devil makes work for idle hands,’ she would say. 她认为那些违法行为是当地的无业青少年所为，总是说：“人一闲，惹麻烦”。 a devil of a job/time (old-fashioned) 费力（或令人讨厌）的事；难熬（或令人不快）的日子 a very difficult or unpleasant job or time I've had a devil of a job finding you. 我费了九牛二虎之力才找到你。 go to the devil! (old-fashioned, informal) 滚开；见鬼去；去你的 used, in an unfriendly way, to tell sb to go away like the devil (old-fashioned, informal) 拼命；卖力；飞快 very hard, fast, etc. We ran like the devil. 我们跑得飞快。 speak/talk of the devil (informal) 说到某人，某人就到 people say speak/talk of the devil when sb they have been talking about appears unexpectedly Well, speak of the devil─here's Alice now! 嗬，说曹操，曹操就到——瞧，艾丽斯这不来啦！ what, where, who, 词根词缀 词根 vil= base 卑劣 devil n. 魔鬼 de 加强 + vil 卑劣 → 卑劣到极点 → 魔鬼 deviltry n. 恶行 de 加强 + vil 卑劣 + try → 卑劣的行为 → 恶行 evil n. 邪恶 e 加强 + vil 卑劣 → 十分卑劣 → 邪恶 revile v. 辱骂 re 一再 + vil 卑劣 + e → 一再做卑劣的事 → 辱骂〔别人〕 vile adj. 卑鄙的 vilify v. 诽谤 vil 卑劣 + ify 使… → 使别人成为卑劣的人 → 诽谤 villain n. 坏蛋，恶棍 vill〔= vil〕卑劣 + ain 表人 → 坏蛋，恶棍

中文词源： devil 魔鬼 devil ’s advocate 故意唱反调的人 来自拉丁语diabolus, 穿过，诽谤，攻击，词源同diabolic.来自dia-，穿过，-ball, 投掷，词源同ballistic, kill. 后用于指魔鬼。 来自天主教神学名词。原指教堂的一项特殊职务，其职能是对即将宣圣或成为圣徒的凡人进行行为或德行审查，以确保成为圣徒者德行之完美，其对应职务为God’s advocate. 其原先功能部分类似于现在的中纪委，而现在的词义就类似于走过场，一唱一和以使程序完美。 devil
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常见考点例句：

The devil died the very day you were born .

魔鬼在你诞生的那一天就死亡了。

The biggest devil is me .

最大的恶魔是我自己。

So does the devil work hard .

魔王努力工作亦是如此。

I hope you find the devil who did this .

我希望你们找到了干这件事的恶棍。

White people were pointed at in the street and called " foreign devil " .

白种人走在街上都会被指着骂“洋鬼子”。