英语词汇purgatory怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

purgatory

pɜːʳgətri  -tɔːri  ˈpɜrgəˌtɔri 

1 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. （天主教中的）炼狱

Prayers were said for souls in Purgatory.

祷告词是为炼狱中的灵魂念的。

2 N-UNCOUNT 受苦的经历；折磨；苦难 You can describe a very unpleasant experience as purgatory . 受苦的经历；折磨；苦难

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

SYN torment, agony, murder [informal] , hell [informal]

Word Link

purg ≈ cleaning : expurgate, purgative, purgatory

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