bedevilling

英 [bɪˈdevlɪŋ]

美 [bɪˈdevlɪŋ]

v.  长期搅扰
bedevil的现在分词

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 bedeviling, bedeviled


• VERB 烦扰；困扰；使苦恼
  If youare bedevilled bysomething unpleasant, it causes you a lot of problems over a period of time.
  1. His career was bedevilled by injury.
     他的职业生涯深受伤病的困扰。
  2. The development has been bedevilled with problems.
     发展受到了诸多问题的困扰。
  3. ...a problem that has bedevilled service industries for decades.
     困扰了服务行业几十年的问题

双语例句

• It highlights a problem bedevilling many countries in Asia and one that handicaps their ability to push for long-term high, sustainable growth.
  它突显出一个令许多亚洲国家头痛的问题，而正是这个问题束缚了这些国家追求长期可持续高增长的能力。
• The question we need to ask about the storing of DNA samples is the same as the one bedevilling our approach to identity cards, and stiff anti-terrorism legislation.
  这个问题我们要问，对于存放的DNA样本是一样的一个困扰我们的做法，以领取身份证，并在激烈的反恐怖主义立法。
• Indeed, it is arguably one of the biggest problems bedevilling the developed world today.
  实际上，这可以说是如今困扰发达国家最重要的问题之一。
• Consequently, the question bedevilling regulators is how they might intervene to realign the industry better with the interests of consumers.
  所以，困扰监管者的问题就是，他们应如何进行干预，使该行业更有利于消费者。
• A fundamental mismatch of expectations, it appears, is the real problem currently bedevilling relations.
  双方在预期上的根本错配，似乎是当前困扰两国贸易关系的真正问题。
• But the problem that is bedevilling the currency is not ultimately to do with leadership.
  但困扰欧元的问题归根结底跟领导力无关，而是比这更根本的问题。