purgatory
英 [ˈpɜːɡətri]
美 [ˈpɜːrɡətɔːri]
n. 炼狱; 受难的处所(或状态); 惩戒所; 折磨; 磨难
BNC.22064 / COCA.20888
牛津词典
noun
- 炼狱
a place or state in which the souls of dead people suffer for the bad things they did when they were living, so that they can become pure enough to go to heaven - 受难的处所（或状态）；惩戒所；折磨；磨难
any place or state of suffering- 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。
- Getting up at four o'clock every morning is sheer purgatory.
柯林斯词典
- N-PROPER （天主教中的）炼狱
Purgatoryis the place where Roman Catholics believe the spirits of dead people are sent to suffer for their sins before they go to heaven.- Prayers were said for souls in Purgatory.
祷告词是为炼狱中的灵魂念的。
- Prayers were said for souls in Purgatory.
- N-UNCOUNT 受苦的经历；折磨；苦难
You can describe a very unpleasant experience aspurgatory.- Every step of the last three miles was purgatory.
最后3英里时每一步都像是受罪。 - ...five years of economic purgatory.
5年的经济困难
- Every step of the last three miles was purgatory.
英英释义
noun
- (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins
- a temporary condition of torment or suffering
- a purgatory of drug abuse
双语例句
- Of or resembling purgatory.
有关或与炼狱相似的。 - His experience this time was like going through purgatory, he had suffered a lot.
他的这次经历犹如炼狱一般，饱受熬煎。 - A beautiful woman be paradise for the eyes, hell for the soul, and purgatory for the purse.
漂亮的女人是眼睛的天堂，灵魂的地狱，钱包的炼狱。 - It was also possible that they were rejected from heaven and cast into purgatory, which is between hell and heaven.
也可能是他们拒绝从天上及演员进入炼狱，这是地狱和天堂之间。 - A prayer for the souls in purgatory.
为炼狱中的灵魂作的祈祷。 - The living pray on behalf of Christians who are in purgatory, the state in the afterlife where souls are purified before proceeding to heaven.
生活祈求代表基督徒的人在炼狱中，国家在来世那里有心灵净化，然后前往天堂。 - Through the exile, the wandering and the angst, he created The Divine Comedy divided into Hell, Purgatory and Paradise a poem many consider the greatest ever written.
在流放、游荡和痛苦中，他创作了《神曲》，这部被很多人视为有史以来最伟大的诗篇分为《地狱》、《炼狱》和《天堂》三部。 - When I allow a person to take a photograph, I tell Jesus to take one soul to Heaven out of Purgatory.
当我允许一个人给我照相时，我告诉耶稣从炼狱中带一个人去天堂。 - Hotels are kind of like the purgatory of living arrangements.
旅馆里的生活安排有点儿像炼狱一样。 - Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
婚姻既不是天堂，也不是地狱，它不过是一个炼狱而已。