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单词 trial by ordeal
释义
trial by ordeal
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n

WORD FAMILY
trial by ordeal: trials by ordeal
USAGE EXAMPLES
It had been the country of trial by ordeal with red-hot irons, of the Law of Englishry, and of the sad, wordless song of Morfa-Rhuddlan.
T. H. White, The Once and Future King(1958)
Trial by combat and trial by ordeal place judgment in the hands of God.
The New Yorker(Mar 21, 2016)
He turned many away with a simple “next question” and claimed at various points he was “being coerced” or subjected to “trial by ordeal.”
Washington Post(Oct 01, 2015)
n 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
ordeal
trial
(law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law
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