purgatory
英['pɜːgət(ə)rɪ]
美['pɝɡətɔri]
- n. 炼狱；涤罪；暂时的苦难
- adj. 涤罪的（等于purgative）
实用场景例句
- Getting up at four o'clock every morning is sheer purgatory.
- 每天早上四点起床简直是活受罪。
牛津词典
- Prayers were said for souls in Purgatory.
- 祷告词是为炼狱中的灵魂念的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Every step of the last three miles was purgatory.
- 最后3英里时每一步都像是受罪。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...five years of economic purgatory.
- 5年的经济困难
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Marriage , with peace, is this world's paradise; with strife, this life's purgatory.
- 和睦的婚姻, 是这个世界的乐园; 对抗的婚姻, 是这个世界的炼狱.
期刊摘选
- Just last week, Bristol exited the legal purgatory of federal oersight that followed an accounting scandal.
- 就在上周, 百时美公司才从会计丑闻引来联邦监督的泥潭中脱身.
期刊摘选
- England is the paradise of women, the hell of horse, and the purgatory of servant.
- 英国是女人的天堂, 马的地狱, 奴仆的炼狱.
期刊摘选
- With the hot water of purgatory.
- 溅出滚烫的炼狱之水.
期刊摘选
- Souls are so purified in purgatory.
- (天主教教义中)人的灵魂将在炼狱中得到净化.
期刊摘选
- Now that the producers have said it's not purgatory, do you have a new theory?
- 现在制作人已经否认了这个说法, 那你有什么新的猜想了 吗 ?
期刊摘选
- For me it was just a transfer from one purgatory to another.
- 旨在增进这两个姐妹国家的互相了解和友善.
期刊摘选
- Marriage , with peace , is this world's paradise; with strife, this world's purgatory.
- 和谐的婚姻是尘世的乐园, 不和谐的婚姻则是人生的炼狱.
期刊摘选
- He's so impatient that waiting in a queue is sheer purgatory for him!
- 他毫无耐性,对他来说排队等候完全是活受罪!
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- Catholics believe that God uses purgatory to prepare sinful souls for the joys of heaven.
- 天主教徒相信上帝令罪恶的灵魂经历炼狱的磨难是为最终享受天堂的快乐.
期刊摘选
- Charge of a gold ingot to have 2 hours of purgatory is also a good time!
- 充一个元宝能有2个小时的炼狱时间也是不错的!
期刊摘选
- Teresa may have bypassed purgatory by being purified here below.
- 德肋撒嬷嬷可能正在世间经历着苦难以净化灵魂.
期刊摘选
- She fearlessly surrendered her bitter spirit unto purgatory.
- 她无惧地把她的灵魂交给了魔鬼.
期刊摘选
- But a funny thing happened to the Lakers on their way to purgatory.
- 但是在湖人炼狱的路上发生了一件有趣的事.
期刊摘选
- Can we help the souls in Purgatory?
- 我们也能救助炼灵么?
期刊摘选
- Purgatory is a religious word which is a place for people to wash away their sins.
- 炼狱是个宗教词汇,是洗脱人罪过的地方.
期刊摘选
- Every step of the last three miles was purgatory.
- 最后3英里时每一步都像是受罪。
辞典例句
- Getting up at four o'clock every morning is sheer purgatory.
- 每天早上四点起床简直是活受罪。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- Prayers were said for souls in Purgatory.
- 祷告词是为炼狱中的灵魂念的。
柯林斯例句