ordeal [ɔ:rˈdi:l]

例句:

• The ordeal he had undergone...was so much more harrowing.
  来自J. A. Michener
• 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。
  
• 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。
  
• 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。
  
• The ordeal, however, was taking its toll.
  来自THETIMES
• Starting over Eventually Ms Zhai recovered from her ordeal.
  来自BBC
• 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。
  来自《权威词典》