ordeal
美音:
[ɔ:´di:l
]英音:
[ɔ:´di:l
]n.严酷的考验,痛苦的经验,折磨
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ordeal
/ɔ:'di:l, 'ɔ:di:l; ɔr`dil, `ɔrdil/
n difficult or painful experience (esp one that tests a person's character or powers of endurance) 苦难经历; (尤指对品格、耐力的)严峻考验
*the ordeal of divorce 离婚的痛苦
* The hostages went through a dreadful ordeal. 个个人质都经历了可怕的折磨.
ordeal
n[C]
[Language: Old English;Origin: ordal 'trial, judgment']
a terrible or painful experience that continues for a period of time
ordeal of
She then had to go through the ordeal of giving evidence.
She was forced to face the ordeal of withdrawal symptoms.
He was beginning to wonder if he would survive the ordeal .
Teresa had a transplant in 1989 and was just recovering from that ordeal when she suffered a brain hemorrhage.
Soon the whole terrifying ordeal would be over.
COLLOCATES for sense 1
go though an ordeal
face an ordeal
survive an ordeal
recover from an ordeal
spare somebody the ordeal of doing something (=not make someone have to do something)
terrible/dreadful ordeal
terrifying ordeal
1. The hostages went through a dreadful ordeal. 个个人质都经历了可怕的折磨.
2. It was a great ordeal for Mrs. West, but an even greater ordeal had been publicity. 这对威斯特太太打击不小,但是宣传报道对她的打击更为沉重。
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