tribulation

英 [ˌtrɪbjuˈleɪʃn]

美 [ˌtrɪbjuˈleɪʃn]

n.  忧患; 苦难; 磨难; 痛苦

复数：tribulations　

TOEFLGRE

BNC.18974 / COCA.17114

牛津词典

noun

• 忧患；苦难；磨难；痛苦
  great trouble or suffering
  1. the tribulations of modern life
     现代生活的苦恼

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 艰难;苦难;磨难
  You can refer to the suffering or difficulty that you experience in a particular situation astribulations.
  1. ...the trials and tribulations of everyday life.
     日常生活的磨炼与艰难

英英释义

noun

• an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
  1. his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him
  2. life is full of tribulations
  3. a visitation of the plague
  Synonym:trialvisitation

双语例句

• They have died in the great tribulation.
  他们在大灾难中被杀害。
• The thought of returning to his native land never deserted him amid his tribulation.
  在苦难中，重返故国的念头始终伴着他。
• She knew that he will never appear before her last day of tribulation.
  她知道，不到最后一天，他是不会出现的。
• Tejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation.
  在希望中享受，在患难中忍耐。
• Even at this point in our awful tribulation under the German scourge we were quite friendly.
  此刻，即便是处在德军蹂躏的极端痛苦中，我们仍然是十分友好的。
• What a tribulation and strong an Nation, is fixed and can not be changed to them.
  他们是那么苦难而且顽强的民族，什么也不能改变他们！
• Christ will come at the end of this time and, after a brief time of Great Tribulation, will judge the world and establish His eternal kingdom.
  在这一千年之后和一个短暂的苦难期后基督会再来并且施行审判和建立他的永恒国度。
• Yes, they just walk out the chaos caused by war and tribulation from the Iraq.
  是的，他们刚刚从苦难战乱的伊拉克走居尔来到友善的北京。
• The vicissitudes, the wind and rain is rough, the great motherland experiences the tribulation.
  沧海桑田，风雨坎坷，伟大的祖国历尽磨难。
• I know that before him there is sorrow, tribulation, and death among the blacks, and perhaps the whites.
  我知道，黑人面前摆着悲哀，磨难和死亡，也可能会有白人卷入其中。