ordeal

英 [ɔːˈdiːl]

美 [ɔːrˈdiːl]

n.  磨难; 折磨; 煎熬; 严酷的考验

复数：ordeals　

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Collins.2 / BNC.7664 / COCA.7701

牛津词典

noun

• 磨难；折磨；煎熬；严酷的考验
  a difficult or unpleasant experience
  1. They are to be spared the ordeal of giving evidence in court.
     他们将免受出庭作证的难堪。
  2. The hostages spoke openly about the terrible ordeal they had been through.
     人质公开陈述了他们所遭受的非人的折磨。
  3. The interview was less of an ordeal than she'd expected.
     面试并非如她想象的那样可怕。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 煎熬；磨难；折磨
  If you describe an experience or situation as anordeal, you think it is difficult and unpleasant.
  1. ...the painful ordeal of the last eight months...
     过去8个月的痛苦煎熬
  2. She described her agonising ordeal.
     她描述了自己备受折磨的苦难经历。

英英释义

noun

• a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control
  Synonym:trial by ordeal
• a severe or trying experience

双语例句

• Last night he relived his terrifying ordeal.
  昨夜他又一次体验了那种可怕的折磨。
• You had survived a terrible ordeal.
  你从一场严酷的折磨中活了过来。
• Fortunately, my wife was safe and sound after her ordeal.
  幸好我的妻子经受那次磨难之后还平安无事。
• Stopping only briefly to regain her composure, she described her agonising ordeal.
  她只停顿了一小会儿让自己恢复平静，然后讲述了她无比痛苦的经历。
• Mother had been courageous, it seemed to me, through the ordeal of the flood.
  在我看来，妈妈一直勇敢地经受着这场洪水的严峻考验。
• In the end, this ordeal eased my guilt about leaving my son's side at times.
  这种严峻的考验最终减轻了我因为时不时离开儿子而产生的负疚感。
• Throughout her dreadful ordeal, she behaved with great dignity.
  她经历可怕的考验时，自始至终表现出庄重和尊严。
• Mona remains unshaken by her ordeal and is matter-of-fact about her courage.
  莫娜不为她经历的这场磨难所动，对自己表现出的勇气也态度淡然。
• The experience was a detestable ordeal, and it cured him of any ambitions to direct again
  那次经历是一次令人厌恶的煎熬，使得他放弃了任何再当导演的想法。
• The wait was an ordeal for him.
  等候对他来说是一次残酷的考验。