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tribulation/tribjʊˈleiʃ(ə)n/n. 1 great affliction or oppression 苦难；磨难；艰难 2 a cause of this 苦难的缘由 was a real tribulation to me 对我是一次真正的磨难 [Middle English via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin tribulatio -onis, from Latin tribulare ‘press, oppress’, via tribulum ‘sledge for threshing’, from terere trit- ‘rub’] |