/hel; hɛl/
n
1 [sing] (without a or the 不与a或the连用) place believed in some religions to be the home of devils and of wicked people after death 地狱.
2 [U, C] state or place of great suffering or wickedness; very unpleasant experience 苦痛的境况; 受苦受难的地方; 极不愉快的经历
*suffer hell on earth 受人间地狱之苦
* She made his life
(a) hell. 她使他活受罪.
* The journey was absolute hell. 一路上吃尽了苦头.
3 [U] (infml 口) (used as an exclamation of annoyance or surprise or for emphasis 用作感叹词, 表示恼怒或惊讶, 或用以加强语气)
*Oh hell, I've broken it! 啊, 真倒霉, 我把它弄坏了!
* Bloody hell! 真该死!
* Oh go to hell! 见鬼去吧!
* Who the hell is he? 他究竟是谁?
* What the hell (ie It doesn't matter), I can go tomorrow instead. 没关系, 我可以改在明天去.
4 (idm 习语) a/one hell of a... (also ahelluva/ 5helEvE; `hZlEvE/) (sl 俚)
(a) (used for emphasis用以加强语气)
*one hell of a row, ie a dreadful row 大吵大闹.
(b) very 非常
*It's a hell of a long way. 路远极了.
* He's a helluva (nice) guy. 他是个呱呱叫的（好）人. all `hell broke/was let loose suddenly there was great noise and confusion 突然之间闹翻天. beat/knock hell out of sb/sth (infml 口) hit sb/sth very hard 猛击某人[某物]. a cat in hell's chance => cat1. for the `hell of it (infml 口) just for fun 仅为取乐
*steal a car for the hell of it 为了好玩而偷汽车. give sb `hell (infml 口) scold, punish or harass sb 申斥、惩罚或骚扰某人
*The boss really gave me hell today. 老板今天着实数落了我一通.
* This tooth is giving me hell, ie is very painful. 我这颗牙很疼. hell for `leather as quickly as possible 尽快地
*drive, ride, run, etc hell for leather 尽快地驾驶、骑、跑等. (come) ,hell or high `water no matter what the difficulties 不管有什么困难. like a bat out of hell => bat1. like `hell
(a) (infml 口) (used for emphasis 用以加强语气)
*drive like hell, ie very fast 飞快地驾驶.
(b) (sl ironic 俚, 反语) (used before a clause 用于从句前) not at all 绝不
*`You can pay.' `Like hell I will (ie I certainly will not)!' ｀你可以给钱的.＇｀我才不给呢! not have a hope in hell => hope n. play hell with sth/sb (infml 口) seriously upset sth/sb 给某事物[某人]造成极大麻烦
*That curry is playing hell with my insides! 我吃了咖喱食物, 肚子真不舒服! raise Cain/hell/the roof => raise. the road to hell is paved with good intentions => road. see sb (damned) in `hell first(infml 口) (used when emphatically rejecting a suggestion用于断然拒绝某项提议时)
*Lend him money? I'll see him in hell first. 把钱借给他? 绝对不行. there will be/was `hell to pay (infml 口) sb will be/was punished severely 某人将受到[受到了]严惩
*There'll be hell to pay if we're caught. 我们要是被抓住就有罪受了. to hell with sb/sth damn sb/sth 某人[某事物]该死
*To hell with the lot of you, I'll do what I please! 你们全都见鬼去吧, 我爱怎么着就怎么着!

Sarah Mitchell (née Johnston) (born 1982) is an Australian politician. She has been a National Party of Australia member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since March 2011.