Word · Frequency #7664
ordeal
磨难；痛苦的经历；严峻的考验
核心释义
A painful or trying experience
- 1.
痛苦或艰难的经历。
A painful or trying experience.
- 2.
严峻或考验人的经历
a severe or trying experience
- 3.
毒性考验豆或卡拉巴豆。
The poisonous ordeal bean or Calabar bean.
- 4.
通过让被告接受危险或痛苦的测试来判断其有罪或无罪的原始方法；逃脱通常被视为无罪的标志
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; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence
神判法；神明裁判；卡拉巴豆；毒扁豆；痛苦或艰难的经历。；严峻或考验人的经历；毒性考验豆或卡拉巴豆。
用法In use
The long flight with two crying babies was a real ordeal for everyone on the plane.
用法提示：ordeal 为名词，指艰难痛苦的经历。
She described the job interview as an ordeal because the questions were so difficult.
用法提示：ordeal 作名词，表示令人难受的考验。
After the ordeal, he needed a week of rest to recover.
用法提示：ordeal 为名词，指已度过的痛苦经历。
go through an ordeal
She went through a terrible ordeal.
她经历了一场可怕的磨难。
endure an ordeal
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- terrible ordeal
- 可怕的考验
- She went through a terrible ordeal after the accident.事故后她经历了一场可怕的考验。
- painful ordeal
- 痛苦的经历
- The divorce was a painful ordeal for everyone involved.离婚对所有相关的人来说都是一次痛苦的经历。
- long ordeal
- 漫长的煎熬
- The family endured a long ordeal while waiting for news.家人在等待消息时经历了漫长的煎熬。
- emotional ordeal
- 情感上的折磨
- Telling the truth was an emotional ordeal for him.说出真相对他来说是一种情感上的折磨。
- survive an ordeal
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
ordeal 可拆为 'or deal'，记住：'要么是deal（交易），要么是ordeal（煎熬）'
语境与语域Context & Register
正式/书面; 严酷考验的经历
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with 'deal' (ending /iːl/). Note that words like 'cereal' and 'ideal' share the spelling '-eal' but have different vowel sounds.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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