N-COUNT [usually singular, oft with poss]煎熬;磨难;折磨 If you describe an experience or situation as an ordeal, you think it is difficult and unpleasant. 煎熬;磨难;折磨
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ORDEAL | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤long漫長的苦難經歷▸➤entire, whole整個苦難經歷◇My family has supported me through this whole ordeal.我的家人支撑着我熬過了這場磨難。➤dreadful, horrible, terrible, terrifying (especially BrE) 可怕的經歷;令人恐懼的磨難VERB + ORDEAL➤endure, face, go through, suffer, undergo忍受/面對/度過/遭受/經歷磨難▸➤subject sb to (especially BrE) 使某人遭受折磨◇She was subjected to a terrible six-day ordeal.她經受了 6 天痛苦折磨。➤survive經歷苦難而幸存▸➤recover from從折磨中恢復▸➤be spared (especially BrE) 免受折磨PREPOSITION➤ordeal of⋯的折磨◇They were spared the ordeal of giving evidence in court.他們免受了在法庭作證的煎熬。PHRASES➤an ordeal at the hands of sb (especially BrE) 在某人控制下的苦難經歷◇their 20-hour ordeal at the hands of a gunman他們被持槍歹徒控制 20 小時的痛苦經歷