ordeal

noun

1. 磨难；折磨；煎熬；严酷的考验
   a difficult or unpleasant experience
   1. They are to be spared the ordeal of giving evidence in court.
      他们将免受出庭作证的难堪。
   2. The hostages spoke openly about the terrible ordeal they had been through.
      人质公开陈述了他们所遭受的非人的折磨。
   3. The interview was less of an ordeal than she'd expected.
      面试并非如她想象的那样可怕。

1. N-COUNT 煎熬；磨难；折磨
   If you describe an experience or situation as an ordeal, you think it is difficult and unpleasant.
   1. ...the painful ordeal of the last eight months...
      过去8个月的痛苦煎熬
   2. She described her agonising ordeal.
      她描述了自己备受折磨的苦难经历。

1. 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。
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。
3. She kept her cool and managed to get herself out of the ordeal
   她保持着冷静与克制，努力使自己走出了这次痛苦的经历。
4. The experience was a detestable ordeal, and it cured him of any ambitions to direct again
   那次经历是一次令人厌恶的煎熬，使得他放弃了任何再当导演的想法。
5. She described her agonising ordeal.
   她描述了自己备受折磨的苦难经历。
6. She wouldn't want to put them through the ordeal of a huge ceremony
   她不想让他们参加大型仪式受罪。
7. Mrs Kerr was too upset to take part in a reconstruction of her ordeal.
   克尔夫人受惊过度，不堪再参与自己所受折磨的场景重现。
8. Last night he relived his terrifying ordeal.
   昨夜他又一次体验了那种可怕的折磨。
9. I do not think any of us spared a thought for the ordeal of her crew.
   我不认为我们中间有任何一个人同情过这艘船的船员所遭受的磨难。
10. 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。
11. Seated beside him, I bore the ordeal for two hours.
    我坐在他旁边，苦苦熬了两个钟头。
12. He spoke frankly about the ordeal.
    他直率地讲出了苦难的经历。
13. Mother had been courageous, it seemed to me, through the ordeal of the flood.
    在我看来，妈妈一直勇敢地经受着这场洪水的严峻考验。
14. And it was a harrowing ordeal for this week-old puppy.
    对这个一周大的小狗来说，这是一个悲惨的经历。
15. I just don't know why I have to undergo this ordeal.
    我真不懂为什么我要经历这种严酷考验。
16. In the end, this ordeal eased my guilt about leaving my son's side at times.
    这种严峻的考验最终减轻了我因为时不时离开儿子而产生的负疚感。
17. Fortunately, my wife was safe and sound after her ordeal.
    幸好我的妻子经受那次磨难之后还平安无事。
18. You had survived a terrible ordeal.
    你从一场严酷的折磨中活了过来。
19. He kept his nerve throughout the ordeal.
    在整个严峻考验中，他都能保持勇气和镇静。
20. Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.
    在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。
21. Throughout her dreadful ordeal, she behaved with great dignity.
    她经历可怕的考验时，自始至终表现出庄重和尊严。
22. The wait was an ordeal for him.
    等候对他来说是一次残酷的考验。
23. They were so tired from their ordeal, we put them in the reactor.
    他们历经磨难太劳累了，我们把他们放在了反应器里恢复。
24. She talked composedly to reporters about her terrible ordeal.
    她沉着地向记者谈了自己可怕的经历。
25. They had both endured the same ordeal, but their different attitudes determined the nature of their lives.
    他们俩都经受了同样的苦难，但不同的人生态度却决定了其生活的本质。
26. Their hope helped those people to carry through this last ordeal.
    他们的希望帮助了那些人渡过了最后的严酷考验。
27. The hostages went through a dreadful ordeal.
    个个人质都经历了可怕的折磨。
28. The parents went through a terrible ordeal when their child was kidnapped.
    当孩子遭到绑架时，父母亲经受了一次可怕的折磨。
29. Then that's too bad, because I'm never going to put myself through that ordeal? Again.
    那太糟糕了，因为我再也不会让自己经受那样的折磨了。
30. Thank God she had been spared the ordeal of surgery.
    感谢上帝她免遭了手术的折磨。

noun

1. 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

   Synonym:    trial by ordeal

2. a severe or trying experience