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ordeal:痛苦的经历;严峻考验 插画
情感 · C1

ordeal

英 /ɔːˈdiːl/  美 /ɔːrˈdiːl/
  • n. 痛苦的经历;严峻考验A difficult or frightening experience that lasts for some time.

Getting home through the storm was a real ordeal.

穿过暴风雨回家真是一次痛苦的经历。

For displaced families, finding secure housing can become a prolonged ordeal without adequate public support.

对于流离失所的家庭,若缺乏充分的公共支持,寻找安全住房可能成为漫长的煎熬。

搭配

go through an ordeal 经历磨难a traumatic ordeal 造成心理创伤的经历a prolonged ordeal 漫长的煎熬

辨析提示

指令人痛苦或恐惧的经历,不用于普通的小麻烦。

词族

近义 trial

情感英语词汇CEFR C1

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