bedevil
verb🔊/bɪˈdevl/
🔊/bɪˈdevl/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bedevil | 🔊/bɪˈdevl/ 🔊/bɪˈdevl/ |
| he / she / it bedevils | 🔊/bɪˈdevlz/ 🔊/bɪˈdevlz/ |
| past simple bedevilled | 🔊/bɪˈdevld/ 🔊/bɪˈdevld/ |
| past participle bedevilled | 🔊/bɪˈdevld/ 🔊/bɪˈdevld/ |
| (US English) past simple bedeviled | 🔊/bɪˈdevld/ 🔊/bɪˈdevld/ |
| (US English) past participle bedeviled | 🔊/bɪˈdevld/ 🔊/bɪˈdevld/ |
| -ing form bedevilling | 🔊/bɪˈdevlɪŋ/ 🔊/bɪˈdevlɪŋ/ |
| (US English) -ing form bedeviling | 🔊/bɪˈdevlɪŋ/ 🔊/bɪˈdevlɪŋ/ |
- bedevil somebody/something
to cause a lot of problems for somebody/something over a long period of time 长期搅扰 The expedition was bedevilled by bad weather. 探险队深受恶劣天气的困扰。 🔊🔊 This injury bedevilled him throughout his career. 伤病困扰着他整个职业生涯。