fiendish /ˈfiːndɪʃ/ TEM8

• 1. 

  ADJ A fiendish plan, action, or device is very clever or imaginative. (计划、装备等)巧妙的; 富有想象力的 [非正式] [usu ADJ n]

  例：

  ...a fiendish plot.

  ...一个构思巧妙的情节。

• 2. 

  fiendishly ADV [usu ADV adj]

  例：

  This figure is reached by a fiendishly clever equation.

  这个数值是用及其巧妙的方程解出来的。

• 3. 

  ADJ A fiendish problem or task is very difficult and challenging. 非常棘手的 [非正式] [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...the fiendish difficulty of the questions.

  ...这些问题非常棘手。

• 4. 

  fiendishly ADV [ADV adj]

  例：

  Their trade laws are fiendishly complex.

  他们的贸易法规极为复杂。

• 5. 

  ADJ A fiendish person enjoys being cruel. 残忍的 [usu ADJ n]

  例：

  This was a fiendish act of wickedness.

  这是一种残忍邪恶的行为。