in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 daemon
- N-COUNT 魔鬼;恶魔
A demon is an evil spirit.
- ...a woman possessed by demons.
被魔鬼附身的女子
- N-COUNT 心魔;邪恶的事物
Sources of worry or conflict which trouble a person or group of people are sometimes referred to as demons .
- His private demons drove him to drink excessively for many years.
他个人的心魔让他多年以来酗酒度日。 - ...the demons of hatred, violence and ethnic fanaticism.
仇恨、暴力和种族狂热主义等诸恶
- N-COUNT 技艺出众的人;精力过人的人;高手;能手
If you approve of someone because they are very skilled at what they do or because they do it energetically, you can say that they do it like a demon .
- He played like a demon...
他球艺惊人。 - He is a demon organizer.
他组织能力极强。
- N-COUNT 恶人;恶棍;魔头
If you refer to a powerful person such as a politician as a demon, you mean that you believe they are bad and might be dangerous.
- She was a dictator and a demon...
她是一个独裁者,一个女魔头。 - He was seen as a demon, determined to hand the country over to the reactionaries.
他被看成一个执意要将国家交给反动分子的恶魔。