bedevil /bɪˈdɛvəl/ (bedevilling,bedevilled,bedevils)

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  V-T（及物动词） If you are bedevilled by something unpleasant, it causes you a lot of problems over a period of time. 长期搅扰 [正式]

  例：

  His career was bedevilled by injury.

  他的事业深受伤痛的困扰。