ordeal 是什么意思
n. 折磨；严酷的考验；痛苦的经验
ordeal 记忆方法
1. or- "out" + deal => literally "deal out, share out".
2. literally "that which is dealt out" (by the gods).
3. The prefix or- survives in English only in this word, but was common in Old English and other Germanic languages and originally was an adverb and preposition meaning "out".
4. 谐音“奥迪哦、熬弟哦”——想获得奥迪就要经受严峻的考验
5. deal => dole, ordeal.
ordeal 中文词源
ordeal 磨难
来自古英语ordel,裁决，裁定，身体的磨难，来自Proto-Germanic*uz-dailjam,即deal out,神的安排，神的旨意，来自*uz,向外，词源同out,*dailijam,安排，分配，词源同deal.原指古代一种用折磨肉体来裁决对错的极其残忍的迷信审判，如使一个人赤脚走在烧红的铁块或铁板上，如果这个人安然无恙的走过这块铁板，则说明神判断他无罪，如果他倒在铁块上，则死有余辜。后引申词义磨难，折磨。
英语词源
ordealordeal: [OE] The ‘meting out of judgement’ is the etymological notion immediately underlying ordeal, but at a more primitive level still than that it denotes simply ‘distribution, giving out shares’. It comes ultimately
ordeal 权威例句
- 1. Mona remains unshaken by her ordeal and is matter-of-fact about her courage.
- 莫娜不为她经历的这场磨难所动，对自己表现出的勇气也态度淡然。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The former hostage is in remarkably good shape considering his ordeal.
- 想想人质曾遭受的折磨，获救后其身体状况已经是出奇地好了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Stopping only briefly to regain her composure, she described her agonising ordeal.
- 她只停顿了一小会儿让自己恢复平静，然后讲述了她无比痛苦的经历。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Last night he relived his terrifying ordeal.
- 昨夜他又一次体验了那种可怕的折磨。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The ceremony was an ordeal for those who had been recently bereaved.
- 这个仪式对于那些新近丧失亲友的人来说是一种折磨。
来自《权威词典》
ordeal 造句
- 1. Bertha had been awaiting, with great discomfort, the necessary ordeal.
- 伯莎一直忐忑不安地等待着这无可避免的难熬的时刻。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 2. The parents went through a terrible ordeal when their child was kidnapped.
- 当孩子遭到绑架时,父母亲经受了一次可怕的折磨。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 3. His courage was severely tried by his ordeal.
- 他的勇气在艰难困苦中经受了严峻的考验.
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 4. She drank some water nerving herself for a more terrible ordeal.
- 她喝了几口水，使自己镇定，准备应付一场可怕的严酷考验。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 5. As darkness fell this long and very tiring ordeal, we sailed for Scapa.
- 经过这次长时间的、令人非常疲倦的跋涉后，我们在暮色苍茫中启程向长帕湾驶去。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 6. Excessive choices quickly stop being a benefit and become an ordeal.
- 过多的选择很快就丧失了它的优势，而成为一种痛苦的经验。
-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓
- 7. I expect it to be quite an ordeal.
- 可以预料，那将是非常艰苦的磨练。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 8. This cumulative testing is seen as part of current work, a cross-check and not a ritual ordeal.
- 这种累积的测验被认为是通常作业的一部分，是一种反复核对而不是拘泥于仪式的严峻考验。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 9. This time, unlike the first, the birth was an ordeal.
- 与头胎不同，这次是难产。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 10. The ordeal of virture is to resist all temptation to evil.
- 德性的磨炼是抵制罪恶的诱惑。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
美：[ɔr'dil] 