inferno

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指地狱或地狱般的地方,常比喻极其炎热、混乱或恐怖的场景,如大火或灾难现场。

用法要点

介词用法

常与介词'in'连用,表示处于地狱或地狱般的情境中,强调位置或状态。

• in the inferno
• trapped in an inferno
• living in an inferno

语域说明

多用于文学、新闻或夸张描述,正式或非正式语境均可,但偏向书面或生动表达,日常口语较少用。

• The inferno raged for hours.
• It felt like an inferno outside.
• The city became an inferno.

句型搭配

常用作名词主语或宾语,可修饰为'burning inferno'等,描述灾难或极端情况。

• The inferno destroyed everything.
• We escaped the inferno.
• A raging inferno swept through.

基础例句

The summer heat made the city feel like an inferno.

夏日的炎热让这座城市感觉像地狱一样。

We managed to escape the inferno just in time.

我们及时逃离了那片火海。

The kitchen turned into an inferno when the oil caught fire.

油着火时,厨房瞬间变成了地狱般的地方。

高级例句

The financial crisis created an inferno of market volatility, requiring swift intervention.

金融危机引发了市场波动的地狱,需要迅速干预。

In Dante's Divine Comedy, the inferno represents the first part of the afterlife journey.

在但丁的《神曲》中,地狱代表了来世旅程的第一部分。

The wildfire transformed the forest into an inferno, posing severe ecological threats.

野火将森林变成了地狱,构成了严重的生态威胁。

高频搭配

verb

escapefacesurvivecreatedescribe

adjective

ragingburningfieryhellishuncontrollable

noun

fireflamesheatdisasterchaos

adverb

completelyutterlyliterallysuddenly

preposition

infromthroughinto

phrase

a raging infernoescape the infernoin the midst of an infernolike an inferno

常见错误

❌ 错误:The weather is inferno today.
✓ 正确:The weather is like an inferno today.

错误:直接用作形容词描述天气。正确:应加'like an'构成比喻,因为'inferno'是名词,指具体场景,不能直接修饰形容词。

❌ 错误:I inferno the situation is bad.
✓ 正确:I infer that the situation is bad.

错误:将'inferno'误用作动词'infer'(推断)。正确:'inferno'是名词,意为地狱;'infer'才是动词,需区分词性和拼写。

近义词辨析

hell

'hell'更通用,指宗教或抽象的地狱,也用于咒骂或强调痛苦;'inferno'更具体,常描述大火或灾难性的地狱场景,更具形象性。

The war was hell for civilians. (强调痛苦经历) / The factory fire was an inferno. (强调大火场景)

blaze

'blaze'指大火或火焰,中性或轻微褒义,强调火势;'inferno'情感更强,比喻地狱般恐怖或混乱的大火,带负面色彩。

The blaze was quickly controlled. (描述火势) / The inferno consumed the entire building. (强调灾难性)