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单词 bedevil
释义 be·devil
\bə̇, bē+\ transitive verb
(bedeviled or bedevilled ; bedeviled or bedevilled ; bedeviling or bedevilling ; bedevils)
Etymology: be- + devil
1. : to possess with or as if with a devil : bewitch
2. : to change for the worse
 < a room bedeviled by a poor decorator >
: spoil, corrupt
3.
 a. : to treat diabolically : torment and abuse or maltreat
 b. : to drive frantic with or as if with care and worry
 c. : harass, vex, annoy, pester
  < bedeviling city officials in little matters — Green Peyton >
  < hard to hold the horses on a straight course with the insects bedeviling them — H.L.Davis >
 d. : to make worse often by obscuring or muddling : confuse and aggravate
  < racial tensions that bedevil politics — Times Literary Supplement >
  < how tendentious maps can bedevil an international problem — G.R.Crone >
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