bedevil
英 [b?'dev(?)l]
美[b?'d?vl]
- vt. 使痛苦；虐待；使苦惱
英英釋意
- 1. treat cruelly;
- "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
- 2. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly;
- "These questions confuse even the experts"
- "This question completely threw me"
- "This question befuddled even the teacher"