ordeal
英 [ɔː'diːəl]
美[ɔr'dil]
- n. 折磨；严酷的考验；痛苦的经验
英英释意
- 1. a severe or trying experience
- 2. 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; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence
双语例句
- 1. Mona remains unshaken by her ordeal and is matter-of-fact about her courage.
- 莫娜不为她经历的这场磨难所动，对自己表现出的勇气也态度淡然。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The former hostage is in remarkably good shape considering his ordeal.
- 想想人质曾遭受的折磨，获救后其身体状况已经是出奇地好了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Stopping only briefly to regain her composure, she described her agonising ordeal.
- 她只停顿了一小会儿让自己恢复平静，然后讲述了她无比痛苦的经历。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Last night he relived his terrifying ordeal.
- 昨夜他又一次体验了那种可怕的折磨。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The ceremony was an ordeal for those who had been recently bereaved.
- 这个仪式对于那些新近丧失亲友的人来说是一种折磨。
来自《权威词典》