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pur.ga.to.ryH5pV:7gE7tri, $5pV:r7gE7tC:r7in [U]the place to which Roman Catholics believe that the spirits of dead people go and suffer for the evil acts that they did while they were alive, before they are able to go to heaven炼狱The priest asked the members of his congregation to pray for the souls of people in Purgatory.神父叫他教区的信徒为炼狱中的人们的灵魂祈祷。(infml) Purgatory is also an extremely unpleasant experience which causes suffering.痛苦的经历He described his experience of combat in Vietnam as sheer purgatory.他把自己在越南作战的经历描述为纯粹的炼狱。The parents of the missing child have been going through purgatory for the last few days.在过去的几天里，失踪孩子的家长痛苦不堪。(humorous) I've been on a diet for two weeks now, and it's purgatory!我现在已经节食两个星期了，太难受了!
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