ordeals

英 [ɔːˈdiːlz]

美 [ɔrˈdilz]

n.  磨难; 折磨; 煎熬; 严酷的考验
ordeal的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 煎熬；磨难；折磨
  If you describe an experience or situation as anordeal, 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。

双语例句

• Holes shows the protagonist's initiating journey of stepping into maturity through adventures and ordeals.
  《洞》展现了小主人公在历险与磨难中步入成熟的艰辛成长历程。
• I joined the revolutionary ranks at 18, and all I wanted was to make the revolution succeed. I have been through many ordeals.
  我自从十八岁加入革命队伍，就是想把革命干成功，没有任何别的考虑，经历也是艰难的就是了。
• The list of his decorations reflects his ordeals and his courage: multiple Purple Hearts, the Bronze Star with V for valor, the Silver Star, and also the Cross of War, an extremely high honor from the government of France.
  他所获得的种种荣誉反映出他所受到的严峻考验及勇气：多个紫心勋章，带有象征英勇V字母的青铜星章，银星勋章以及法国政府所颁发的一项享有极高荣誉的战争十字勋章。
• He had to make a long journey to paradise and encounter a series of ordeals on the way.
  他要踏上通往天堂的漫长旅途，期间会遇到一系列严酷考验。
• He's come through some bad personal ordeals.
  他个人经历了一些沉痛的考验。
• London had stood triumphant through all her ordeals.
  伦敦在经历考验之后仍巍然屹立。
• Watching Precious, I was reminded of another film about the depressive ordeals of women in distress, Dancer in the Dark.
  看《珍爱》这部电影的时候，我想起了另一部影片，同样是有关不幸的女性遭受令人沮丧的苦难，那部片子叫《黑暗中的舞者》。
• At present, the challenges and ordeals that our Party's ministerial capacity is facing are from abroad, at home, inside the Party as well as the objectives and tasks of the Party.
  目前，我们党的执政能力面临的挑战与考验有来自国际的、国内的、党内的，还有我们党自身目标和任务的。
• To finish the task ordered by the leader, I will not hesitate to undergo manifold ordeals.
  为了完成领导交给的任务，上刀山，下火海，也在所不辞。
• The SMEs and self-employed laborers of the South Korea were particularly confronted with severe ordeals of financial strains and economic decline.
  韩国中小企业和自营业者尤其面临资金紧张和消费萎缩的严峻考验。