demon

noun

/ˈdiːmən/

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an evil spirit恶魔；魔鬼
- The people believed the girl was possessed by demons.人们相信这个女孩被魔鬼附了身。
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- demons torturing the sinners in Hell地狱里折磨罪人的魔鬼
- an ancient ritual to exorcise demons古老的驱魔仪式
- tales of travellers attacked by evil demons旅行者被恶魔攻击的故事
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- evil
- inner
- personal
- …
verb + demon
- be possessed by
- cast out
- exorcize
- …
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something that causes a person to worry and makes them unhappy（使人担忧和不快的）邪恶事物
- the demons of jealousy恶魔一样的嫉妒心
- She's had to battle her personal demons throughout her adult life.她整个成年时期都在与心里的恶魔作战。
- He is plagued by demons which go back to his traumatic childhood.他为心魔所困扰，那可追溯至他饱受创伤的童年。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- evil
- inner
- personal
- …
verb + demon
- be possessed by
- cast out
- exorcize
- …
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(informal) a person who does something very well or with a lot of energy技艺出众的人；精力充沛的人
- He skis like a demon.他滑雪技艺超群。
- He’s a demon: he gets up early, he works out, he goes home early, he studies, he works out again…他是个恶魔:他起得很早，他健身，他回家很早，他学习，他又健身…

Word OriginMiddle English: from medieval Latin, from Latin daemon, from Greek daimōn ‘deity, genius’; in sense (1) also from Latin daemonium ‘lesser or evil spirit’, from Greek daemonion, diminutive of daimōn.

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