Ordeal



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The Ordeal

• n. 严峻考验, 痛苦经验
• ［英］ n. 严峻考验, 痛苦经验 ( any difficult and severe trial)
• ［例］ Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for the campers.

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English ordal, from Old English ordāl; akin to Old High German urteil judgment, Old English dāl division — more at deal
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control <ordeal by fire>
• 2. a severe trial or experience

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