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

• Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.
  在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。
• I just don't know why I have to undergo this ordeal.
  我真不懂为什么我要经历这种严酷考验。
• 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。
• 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。
• You had survived a terrible ordeal.
  你从一场严酷的折磨中活了过来。
• 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。
• They were so tired from their ordeal, we put them in the reactor.
  他们历经磨难太劳累了，我们把他们放在了反应器里恢复。
• He spoke frankly about the ordeal.
  他直率地讲出了苦难的经历。
• 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。