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小词详解 | ordeal
In its original form, the Lord's Prayer, taught by Jesus to his disciples, may have implored God to “keep us from the ordeal”.
耶稣教给他的门徒的《主祷文》的原始版本或许曾祈求上帝“免除我们的苦难”。
——《经济学人》Parts of the book “read as intimately as a novel, though its insidious, slow-motion ordeal is all too real,” our reviewer wrote.
这本书的某些部分“读起来像小说一样紧凑,尽管暗中的缓慢折磨实在是太真实了,”我们的书评人写道。
——《纽约时报》
[名词] 非常不愉快且漫长的经历
agony: extreme physical or mental pain or suffering trial: an experience or a person that causes difficulties for sb tribulation: (literary or humorous) great trouble or suffering