purgatory
purgatory 英 [ˈpɜ:gətri] 美 [ˈpɜrgətɔri]
n. 炼狱；涤罪；暂时的苦难 adj. 涤罪的（等于purgative）
名词复数:purgatories
- Being stuck in standstill traffic can feel like purgatory, but this brief spell of unpleasantness is nothing compared to the misery endured by souls waiting to get into heaven, which is the original meaning of the word.
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- n. 炼狱；涤罪；暂时的苦难
- adj. 涤罪的（等于purgative）
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1. Although it’s highly unlikely your results well be positive, those two weeks are like purgatory.
尽管检测结果是阳性的可能性极小，这两周的时间也绝对像是炼狱。
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2. Marriage, with peace, is this world’s paradise; with strife, this world’s purgatory.
和谐的婚姻，是尘世的乐园；不和谐的婚姻，则是人生的炼狱。
- purgatory (n.) c. 1200, from Old French purgatore and directly from Medieval Latin purgatorium (St. Bernard, early 12c.), in Latin, "means of cleansing," noun use of neuter of purgatorius (adj.) "purging, cleansing," from purgat-, past participle stem of Latin purgare (see purge (v.)). Figurative use from late 14c.
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