hell的基本意思是“地獄”,前面通常不加任何冠詞。引申表示“極端痛苦的境地,受苦受難的地方,極不愉快的經歷”,其前可加不定冠詞。有時hell還可用作感嘆詞,表示憤怒、驚訝或用以加強語氣。

a hell of是強烈表達法,可以指“極好”,也可指“極壞”。

the hell可表示“到底,究竟”,主要用在what,where,when,who,how之后,相當于on earth，表示一種強烈的語氣。

例句

用作名詞 (n.)

The preacher warned us about punishments in hell.

傳道士用地獄里的懲罰來告誡我們。

The priest said they would go to hell for their sins.

牧師說，他們將因罪惡而下地獄。

Hades is the Greek word for Hell.

陰間是地獄的希臘語。

Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

她的家是通往陰間的路，是下到死亡的宮房。

I have a wreckless, wretched disposition that gets me into all sorts of hell.

我有一種難改的怪脾氣，使我陷入各種各樣的苦境中。

She made his life (a) hell.

她使他活受罪。

His life has been hell since his wife came back.

他妻子回來以后，他的生活苦不堪言。

The journey was absolute hell.

一路上吃盡了苦頭.

My broken finger hurt like hell.

我的手指骨折，痛得要命。

用作名詞 (n.)

What the hell do you think you are doing?

你認為你究竟在干什么?

What have you done in hell? You look like deathy!

你究竟干了些什么?看上去像害了大病似的。

What the hell has it got to do with you where I work?

我在那里工作與你究竟有什么相干?

用作感嘆詞 (int.)

Hell! What a mass! Are they masochism?

該死!這么多!他們是受虐狂么?

Oh hell! The car broke down again.

噢,該死!車子又拋錨了。