| 单词 | ordeal |
| 释义 | ordeal (once / 868 pages) n An ordeal is something difficult or painful to go through. Something kind of hard like taking a test can be an ordeal, but often an ordeal is a serious and long-lasting event, like an illness or tragedy. When you go through an ordeal you have to deal with something tough. Waiting for someone you love to recover from an injury and come home from the hospital is an ordeal––for both of you––and being a victim of a crime is a different kind of ordeal. You can use this noun in an exaggerated way, too, as when you endure the long ordeal of cleaning the garage on a sunny weekend. WORD FAMILYordeal: ordeals USAGE EXAMPLESDriving away from the scene, the men say little about the ordeal aside from nervous small talk. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Less than three months later, what Golden calls “the whole ordeal” started. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) His ordeal marked a rare instance in which a reporter for a U.S. publication was detained. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) 1n a severe or trying experience Syn|Hyper gauntlet experience an event as apprehended 2n 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 Syn|Hyper trial by ordeal trial (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law |
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