tribulation

• n. 苦难；磨难；忧患

来自拉丁语 tribulare,压制，镇压，折磨，来自 terere,转，刮，摩擦，词源同 turn,throw.-bul, 工具格后缀，词源同 table,tintinnabulation.引申词义忧患，痛苦磨难等。

1. an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event;

"his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"

"life is full of tribulations"

"a visitation of the plague"

tribulation

tribulation: [13] Latin trībulum denoted an agricultural implement consisting of a wooden board with sharp stones or metal teeth underneath, used for threshing grain (it was derived from the base *trī-, a variant of *ter- ‘rub’, which also produced English attrition, contrition, detriment, detritus, diatribe, tribadism ‘lesbianism’ [19], and trite).

From this was derived the verb trībulāre ‘press’, which was used by Christian writers for ‘oppress, afflict’. And this sense provoked the derivative trībulātiō ‘affliction’, which passed into English via Old French tribulation.
=> attrition, contrition, detriment, detritus, diatribe, throw, tribadism, trite

tribulation (n.)

c. 1200, from Old French tribulacion (12c.), from Church Latin tribulationem (nominative tribulatio) "distress, trouble, affliction," noun of action from past participle stem of tribulare "to oppress, afflict," a figurative use by Christian writers of Latin tribulare "to press," also possibly "to thresh out grain," from tribulum "threshing sledge," from stem of terere "to rub" (see throw (v.)) + -bulum, suffix forming names of tools.

the tribulations of modern life

现代生活的苦恼

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...the trials and tribulations of everyday life.

日常生活的磨炼与艰难

柯林斯高阶英语词典

In this world you need not have tribulation because I have overcome the world.

这在这世界中,你我需苦难的考验,因为我已战胜了世界.为此之故,你该欢乐才对.

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This has arouse his memory of his tribulation experience of the earlier years.

这件事唤起了他对过去苦难经历的回忆.

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At the end , he could hug his wife and children, with tribulation of the last years.

载着多年的坚辛与苦难,终于与自己的妻子的孩子拥抱在了一起.

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What a tribulation and strong an Nation 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!

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Our compatriot is experiencing the tribulation.

我们的同胞在经历着磨难.

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It was a time of great tribulation.

那是一段充满苦难的时期.

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Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation.

从希望中得到欢乐, 在苦难中保持坚韧.

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In the childhood, tribulation is his teacher, and his mother sets a good example for him.

在童年的岁月里, 苦难是作者的老师, 母亲是孩子的榜样.

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I hate the tribulation, I commiserate the sorrow brought by tribulation.

我厌恶别人深重的苦难, 怜悯苦难带来的悲哀.

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The reason for him to set up a Christianity divinity mode of tribulation original sin.

他之所以在小说中建构起一种苦难——救赎的基督教神性图式,根源在于他认可了基督教对人的本质的理解,即认为人的本质是原罪.

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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.

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But the hard journey was nothing, compared with the tribulation and distress that came after it.

这段路程非常辛苦, 但比起后来所经受的种种折磨痛苦却又不算什么.

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He had seen the tribulation of the homestead and mankind from his own tribulation.

海子从自身苦难体验出发目睹了家园和人类苦难.

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Year in and year out, rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation.

年复一年, 从希望中得到欢乐, 在苦难中保持坚韧.

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That he is not immune from tribulation.

磨难是不可避免的.

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Why must I suffer disappointment, sorrow, and tribulation?

我为什麽一定要承受失意 、 悲伤 、 苦难?

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Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation. ( John Kennedy, american president )

从希望中得到欢乐, 在苦难中保持坚韧. ( 美国总统肯尼迪 )

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Tribulation, is just like the hungry tiger, chasing after us.

苦难.就像饥饿的老虎一直追赶着我们.

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In this period, tall has elegantly experienced bodily and the psychological double aspect tribulation.

在这期间, 乔娜经历了身体和心理双方面的磨难.

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Even in our awful tribulation we were quite optimistic.

即使在极端痛苦时，我们仍十分乐观。

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