Ordeal
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[编辑] 解释
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- 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.
[编辑] 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