purgatory是什么意思？

purgatory

英[ˈpɜ:gətri] 美[ˈpɜrgətɔri]

• n. 炼狱，（在炼狱中的）涤罪，暂时受苦的地方，暂时的苦难；
• adj. 净化的，清洗的；

复数：purgatories;

例句

• a purgatory of drug abuse. 滥用毒品而引起的痛苦
• 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。
• ...five years of economic purgatory. 5年的经济困难
• Every step of the last three miles was purgatory. 最后3英里时每一步都像是受罪。
• Prayers were said for souls in Purgatory. 祷告词是为炼狱中的灵魂念的。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-PROPER
  （天主教中的）炼狱
  Purgatory is the place where Roman Catholics believe the spirits of dead people are sent to suffer for their sins before they go to heaven.
  例句
  Prayers were said for souls in Purgatory. 祷告词是为炼狱中的灵魂念的。
• N-UNCOUNT
  受苦的经历；折磨；苦难
  You can describe a very unpleasant experience as purgatory .
  例句
  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

英汉词典释义

• n.
  暂时受苦的地方, 暂时的苦难
  a purgatory of drug abuse. 滥用毒品而引起的痛苦

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a temporary condition of torment or suffering;
  "a purgatory of drug abuse"
  2. (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins