Smith, it seems, is really the devil! The editor is frightened by this news, but he is more frightened by the idea of losing his newspaper, so he agrees to sign.

看来，史密斯真是个恶魔！编辑被这个消息吓坏了，但他更害怕的是失去他的报刊，所以他同意签字。

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We ran like the devil.

我们跑得飞快。

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The leader seemed the devil incarnate.

那个首领好像是魔鬼的化身。

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Adair's success with the "Devil's Cigarette Lighter" and earlier well fires captured the imagination of the American film industry.

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Anything on MTV. MTV is the devil of all TV programming.

TV里播的都很差劲儿。MTV就是所有电视节目中的恶魔。

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In the Book of Revelation it's the number of the beast; it's the number of the devil.

在《启示录》中,这是野兽的数量;,是魔鬼的数量。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I'm a propagandist for the idea that if everybody says, "The devil take the hindmost, " the devil soon works his way to the head of the line.

FORBES: Nobel Gestures

Under a revitalised Lara, vice-captain Sarwan is bound to flourish, and at this point in time sticking to the devil the Windies know could well be the percentage call.

BBC: Windies go for devil they know

Almost in jest you invoke the devil, and to your horror the devil appears.

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