ordeals

英 [ɔːˈdiːlz]

美 [ɔrˈdilz]

n.  磨难; 折磨; 煎熬; 严酷的考验
ordeal的复数

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。

双语例句

• To finish the task ordered by the leader, I will not hesitate to undergo manifold ordeals.
  为了完成领导交给的任务，上刀山，下火海，也在所不辞。
• The list of his decorations reflects his ordeals and his courage: multiple Purple Hearts, the Bronze Star with V for valor, the Silver Star, and also the Cross of War, an extremely high honor from the government of France.
  他所获得的种种荣誉反映出他所受到的严峻考验及勇气：多个紫心勋章，带有象征英勇V字母的青铜星章，银星勋章以及法国政府所颁发的一项享有极高荣誉的战争十字勋章。
• London had stood triumphant through all her ordeals.
  伦敦在经历考验之后仍巍然屹立。
• The days before these ordeals take place are spent in cramming your mind with mystic formulae and indigestible dates& unpalatable diets, until you wish that books and science and you were buried in the depths of the sea.
  就在这些考验降临前夕，你的脑子里面塞的全都是神秘的公式和令人难以消化的椰枣&面对味道不佳的食品，你真想把自己连同书本和科学一起葬入大海深处。
• But some felt compelled to share the horrific details of their ordeals on the back of the questionnaire.
  不过，还有一些人觉得必须说出她们遭受的苦难，所以她们在问卷的背面写上了那些可怕的遭遇。
• Officials in Beijing tend to endure no such ordeals.
  北京官员不倾向于忍受这样的考验。
• He's come through some bad personal ordeals.
  他个人经历了一些沉痛的考验。
• The life of a spiritual practitioner is fulfilling and interesting, but it is really no fun when ordeals arise!
  修行生活充实有趣，但考验来的时候却一点儿都不好玩！
• For Tony Leung, realizing his Long-held dream of collaborating Ang Lee was a series of ordeals.
  对于梁朝伟来说，和他心仪已久的导演李安的合作仿佛是一连串的痛苦严峻的考验。
• He had to make a long journey to paradise and encounter a series of ordeals on the way.
  他要踏上通往天堂的漫长旅途，期间会遇到一系列严酷考验。