英 [ɔːˈdiːl] 美 [ɔːrˈdiːl]
n. 磨难，严峻考验；<史>神明裁判（把被告是否经得起剧痛的考验作为被告是否无辜的神谕）
复数ordeals
ordeal /ɔːˈdiːl/ CET6+ TEM4
可数名词 If you describe an experience or situation as an ordeal, you think it is difficult and stressful. 煎熬
...the painful ordeal of the last eight months.
…过去8个月里令人痛苦的煎熬。
a severe or trying experience
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
同义词： trial by ordeal
神判-引用次数：20
The Fourth Lateran Council abolished ordeal, however, the absolute abolition is only after several years.
1215年第四次拉特兰宗教会议宣布废除神判,但真正彻底的废除却是几个世纪后的事情。
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...词包含的中世纪过火盆考验这样的意象过度的迷恋，其实让“苦恼”过过火盆考验一下也不错，但是她大概是觉得像信仰考验（Ordeal）这样的考验，经受者只能是信徒或者灵魂，于是就放了苦恼，捉了灵魂，让灵魂白白顶了这项检验 。
put through实行，完成，使经历，接通(电话)，使通过； ordeal n.严峻的考验；苦难的经历；磨难；折磨；煎熬；严酷的考验； emaciate v.使消瘦/衰弱，衰弱＝enervate: emaciation; emancipate解放/释放 .
put through实行，完成，使经历，接通(电话)，使通过； ordeal n.严峻的考验；苦难的经历；磨难；折磨；煎熬；严酷的考验； emaciate v.使消瘦/衰弱，衰弱＝enervate: emaciation; emancipate解放/释放 .
管弦乐队 ordeal n. 严酷的考验 ore n. 矿石 oracle公司的ceo是一个不折不扣的偏执狂，一个富有鼓动性的orator，一个善于在ore 中淘金的美国牛仔，他经过ordeal考...
The hostages emerged from their ordeal unscathed.
各人质历尽磨难后安然生还。
He spoke frankly about the ordeal.
他直率地讲出了苦难的经历。
The ordeal left her looking pale and drawn.
这场磨难使她看来苍白而又憔悴。
Daniel Rocha's ordeal is far from over. He lost 70 pounds but has recently gained some weight.
VOA : standard.2010.01.12
(RECORDING) The ordeal was the basis of the 1995 movie Apollo 13.
VOA : standard.2010.04.04
And that can be an ordeal for the child, and of course, for the parents or the nurses who were looking after him.
这对于孩子是一种折磨，对于照顾他的,父母和医护人员也是如此。
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Polio died in December, 2010, weakened, Ginny believes, by the ordeal of defending himself.
News of the baby's ordeal was met with horror and pity by bloggers on Chinese sites.
It's also a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse at the raw emotions of officers involved in the ordeal.