学个词Learn a Word 第803期 Ordeal

今天我们要学的词是ordeal¹。 Ordeal意思是痛苦的经历和磨难。"The two U.S. journalists who were jailed for illegally entering North Korea have spoken out about their ordeal for the first time," 因为非法进入北韩而被关押的两名美国记者第一次公开讲述自己的痛苦经历。

美国德克萨斯州的三个渔民被困在海上八天后获救。"The missing fishermen lived to tell their eight-day ordeal in shark-infested waters," 这些失踪的渔民终于获救，有机会讲述自己这八天里在鲨鱼出没的海水中是怎么熬过来的。好的，今天我们学习的词是ordeal...
 

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n.苦难经历，（尤指对品格、耐力的）严峻考验

参考例句：

• She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
• Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。