be a hellhole
常用作表语,描述某地条件极其恶劣、令人痛苦。
The overcrowded prison was a hellhole.
那座过度拥挤的监狱是个地狱般的地方。
地狱;魔窟;肮脏混乱的地方
任何痛苦和混乱的地方;地狱般可怕的地方;藏垢纳污之外
a very unpleasant place, full of pain and turmoil
任何痛苦和混乱的地方
any place of pain and turmoil
The abandoned factory was a real hellhole, with broken machinery and toxic waste everywhere.
那个废弃的工厂真是个地狱般的地方,到处都是破损的机器和有毒废物。
用法提示:hellhole作名词,指令人痛苦或混乱的地方
After the war, the city turned into a hellhole of crime and poverty.
战争过后,这座城市变成了犯罪和贫困的地狱。
用法提示:hellhole作名词,比喻环境极其恶劣的地方
They couldn't wait to escape that hellhole of a prison camp.
他们迫不及待地想逃离那个地狱般的战俘营。
用法提示:hellhole作名词,强调场所的可怕和难以忍受
常用作表语,描述某地条件极其恶劣、令人痛苦。
The overcrowded prison was a hellhole.
那座过度拥挤的监狱是个地狱般的地方。
hellhole 是可数名词,单数前通常要加冠词 a 或限定词。
He lived in a hellhole for three years.
他在一个地狱般的地方住了三年。
turn ... into ... 表示“把……变成……”,sth 通常为地点名词。
The war turned the city into a hellhole.
战争把这座城市变成了人间地狱。
grammar · medium
易错句子That apartment is hellhole.
正确表达That apartment is a hellhole.
hellhole 是可数名词,单数形式作表语时前面必须加不定冠词 a/an。汉语名词没有冠词系统,所以容易漏掉,但英语中单数可数名词不能“裸用”。
grammar · medium
易错句子The refugee camp was full of hellhole.
正确表达The refugee camp was full of hellholes.
hellhole 是可数名词,表示“多个”时必须用复数形式 hellholes。汉语靠“很多”“几个”等词表达数量,名词本身不变形,因此学习者常忘记加复数词尾 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子The working conditions were hellhole.
正确表达The working conditions were hellish.
hellhole 只作名词,指某个实实在在的地方;描述“条件、经历”等非地点事物需要形容词 hellish。汉语“……般的”结构可以自由修饰名词,英语不能把地点名词直接当形容词作表语。
hell 指地狱,或比喻极度痛苦的处境,通常不指某个具体地点;hellhole 则指现实中某个具体、令人痛苦混乱的地方。可以说 living hell,但一般不说 a hell 来指一个地点。
dump 是口语,指脏乱、破旧的场所,侧重环境肮脏失修;hellhole 语气更重,强调痛苦和混乱。dump 不一定含“受苦”义,所以不能完全互换。
dungeon 指城堡或监狱里的地下牢房,强调建筑结构和囚禁功能;hellhole 范围更广,可指任何痛苦混乱的地方,贬义更强。若只是描述地牢本身,用 dungeon 更具体。
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