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ordeal

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or·deal /ɔːˈdiːl, ˈɔːdiːl $ ɔːrˈdiːl, ˈɔːrdiːl/ ●○○ noun [countableC]  
EXPERIENCEa terrible or painful experience that continues for a period of time 可怕的经历，痛苦的折磨
ordeal of
 She then had to go through the ordeal of giving evidence.
此后她不得不经历提供证词的痛苦。
 She was forced to face the ordeal of withdrawal symptoms.
她被迫面对脱瘾症状的痛苦折磨。
 He was beginning to wonder if he would survive the ordeal.
他开始怀疑自己能否熬过这场磨难。
 Teresa had a transplant in 1989 and was just recovering from that ordeal when she suffered a brain hemorrhage.
特雷莎在1989年做了一次移植手术，而正当她刚刚从那可怕的磨难中逐渐恢复时，又患了脑溢血。
 Soon the whole terrifying ordeal would be over.
这场恐怖的磨难很快就会过去的。
n COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
a terrible/dreadful ordeal
The trial was a dreadful ordeal.
a long ordeal
After thirteen days, the hostages' long ordeal finally ended.
a terrifying ordeal
Bruce Gordon has described his terrifying ordeal in a shark attack.
a painful ordeal (=a very bad or painful experience)
The treatment she had to go through was a painful ordeal.
verbs
go through an ordeal (also undergo an ordeal formal) (=experience something that is very bad or difficult)
I'd already gone through the ordeal of a divorce once.
The girl will not have to undergo the ordeal of giving evidence in court.
face an ordeal
He faced the ordeal of caring for his dying wife.
endure an ordeal
In his book, he describes how he endured the ordeal of prison life.
survive an ordeal
The woman survived her ordeal and identified her attacker.
recover from an ordeal
She is recovering from her ordeal after a bomb went off on the train she was on.
subject somebody to an ordeal (=make someone suffer something very painful or frightening)
Simon Collier was subjected to a horrifying ordeal at gunpoint.
spare somebody the ordeal of something (=not make someone have to do something difficult)
Thank goodness she was spared the ordeal of surgery.
phrases
an ordeal at the hands of somebody (=used to say who has made someone go through something painful or difficult)
She has only just revealed her ordeal at the hands of her stepfather.
Examples from the Corpus
ordeal• Watching the golf was an ordeal which cramped the muscles and stretched the ingenuity of the masses to the limit.• Even for an adult, it would be an inhumanly cruel ordeal.• The three week trial turned out to be an emotional ordeal for everyone involved.• After many hair-raising adventures, most not only survive but emerge wiser and stronger as a result of their harrowing ordeal.• The hostages were relieved that their long ordeal was finally over.• No one should be subjected to this sort of ordeal, especially in their own home.• He is famously reticent in talking about his extraordinary physical ordeal.• Appeal courts are expected to show some mercy because the defendant has twice had to face the ordeal of being sentenced.• This time, though, there was hope; her strong young body recovered quickly from the ordeal of Hubert's birth.• The ants are so minute that they can dodge the rays and so survive the ordeal.• The hostages described their terrifying six-week ordeal.
terrifying ordeal• But he is rescued, along with others, and the whole terrifying ordeal, he discovers, becomes a big joke.
Origin ordeal
Old English ordal “trial, judgment”
or·deal noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7664 COCA: 7701
ordeal

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + ORDEAL | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤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
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7664 COCA: 7701
ordeal noun
⇨ nightmare
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7664 COCA: 7701
ordeal
Difficult situations and experiences: crisis, battle, nightmare...

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