purgatory

noun

/ˈpɜːɡətri/

/ˈpɜːrɡətɔːri/

[uncountable]

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(usually Purgatory)
(in Roman Catholic teaching) a place or state in which the souls of dead people suffer for the bad things they did when they were living, so that they can become pure enough to go to heaven
(informal, humorous) any place or state in which somebody suffers
- Getting up at four every morning is sheer purgatory.
compare hell (2)

Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French purgatorie or medieval Latin purgatorium, neuter (used as a noun) of late Latin purgatorius ‘purifying’, from the verb purgare ‘purify’, from purus ‘pure’.

单词	purgatory
释义	purgatory noun /ˈpɜːɡətri/ /ˈpɜːrɡətɔːri/ [uncountable] jump to other results (usually Purgatory) (in Roman Catholic teaching) a place or state in which the souls of dead people suffer for the bad things they did when they were living, so that they can become pure enough to go to heaven (informal, humorous) any place or state in which somebody suffers Getting up at four every morning is sheer purgatory. compare hell (2) Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French purgatorie or medieval Latin purgatorium, neuter (used as a noun) of late Latin purgatorius ‘purifying’, from the verb purgare ‘purify’, from purus ‘pure’.
随便看	procedural procedure proceed proceed against proceed-against proceed from proceed-from proceeding proceeds process process1_1 process1_2 processing procession processional processor pro-choice proclaim proclamation proclitic proclivity procrastinate procrastination procreate procreation