英汉解释

n. 折磨；严酷的考验；痛苦的经验

同义词

n. trial by ordeal

参考例句

1. I expect it to be quite an ordeal .
可以预料，那将是非常艰苦的磨练。
2. Life is a bitter ordeal.
生活就是痛苦的煎熬。
3. And it was a harrowing ordeal for this week-old puppy.
这对一只一周大的狗简直是悲惨的严峻考验。

英英解释

n.
  1. a severe or trying experience
  2. a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to

网络释义

ordeal
考验; 严酷考验; 严峻的考验; 神审判法;
Ritual ordeal
宗教审判;
traumatic ordeal
让人精神受创的经历;
fire ordeal
铁火审判法; 铁火神判法;
ordeal n
严峻的考验，苦难的经历;