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

• Then that's too bad, because I'm never going to put myself through that ordeal? Again.
  那太糟糕了，因为我再也不会让自己经受那样的折磨了。
• 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。
• 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。
• The parents went through a terrible ordeal when their child was kidnapped.
  当孩子遭到绑架时，父母亲经受了一次可怕的折磨。
• And it was a harrowing ordeal for this week-old puppy.
  对这个一周大的小狗来说，这是一个悲惨的经历。
• 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。
• The hostages went through a dreadful ordeal.
  个个人质都经历了可怕的折磨。
• He kept his nerve throughout the ordeal.
  在整个严峻考验中，他都能保持勇气和镇静。
• She described her agonising ordeal.
  她描述了自己备受折磨的苦难经历。
• She kept her cool and managed to get herself out of the ordeal
  她保持着冷静与克制，努力使自己走出了这次痛苦的经历。