活见鬼的英文：
bedevilment

This used to be a pretty good country to live in before they loused it up with their goddamned piety
从前生活在这块土地上确实十分愉快，后来他们带来了活见鬼的虔诚恭敬，才把这地方弄得乌烟瘴气。

Bad weather bedevilled our plans.
因为天气恶劣我们的计划大受影响。

The issue is bedevilled by Smith's refusal to cooperate with us
该问题由于史密斯拒绝跟我们合作而变为复杂。

The issue is bedevilled by Smith's refusal to cooperate with us.
该问题由于史密斯拒绝跟我们合作而变为复杂。

But it soon came up against the reality that had also bedeviled its predecessor
但是它不久就在现实面前碰了壁，这种现实情况也曾经折磨过它的前任。