英 [ˈpɜːɡət(ə)ri] 美 [ˈpɜːrɡətɔːri]
n. 炼狱；涤罪；暂时的苦难
adj. 涤罪的（等于 purgative）
复数purgatories
purgatory /ˈpɜːɡətərɪ/
专有名词 Purgatory is the place where Roman Catholics believe the spirits of dead people are sent to suffer for their sins before they go to heaven. (罗马天主教相信的)炼狱
Prayers were said for souls in purgatory.
为炼狱中的亡灵做的祷告。
不可数名词 You can describe a very unpleasant experience as purgatory. 炼狱般的经历
Every step of the last three miles was purgatory.
最后三英里中的每一步都是炼狱般的折磨。
...five years of economic purgatory.
...五年的经济炼狱之苦。
a temporary condition of torment or suffering
a purgatory of drug abuse
(theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins
炼狱；(在炼狱中的)涤罪
深爱一副严肃的表情“我怀疑这股黑暗力量更炼狱（Purgatory）有关，本来炼狱（Purgatory）是不该出现在这个世界的，而它的强大更是我无法想象的。
炼狱之城(Purgatory) 主演: 山姆谢普, 蓝迪奎德
... keen adj. 厉害的，强烈的； 敏锐的，敏捷的； 锐利的； 热心的 purgatory n. 炼狱； （在炼狱中的）涤罪； 暂时受苦的地方； 暂时的苦难 adj. 净化的，清洗的 ...
... 涤罪天使 Gabriel 涤罪所 purgatory 后涤罪说 doctrine of purgatory ...
purgative 净化的；通便的；赎罪的
purgatorial 炼狱的；涤罪的
purification 净化；提纯；涤罪
purgative 泻剂，泻药
炼狱；涤罪；暂时的苦难
涤罪的（等于purgative）
Every step of the last three miles was purgatory.
最后三英里中的每一步都是炼狱般的折磨。
Prayers were said for souls in purgatory.
为炼狱中的亡灵做的祷告。
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。
France, Germany, Japan--we would join you in economic purgatory but for the saving grace of startups.
We should immiserate the Assad regime economically and banish it to a North Korean purgatory diplomatically.
Passing the flapjacks with gregarious strangers at a bed-and-breakfast would be like starting the day in purgatory for me.