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单词 purgatory
释义

pur·ga·to·ry

noun
/ˈpɜːɡətri/
/ˈpɜːrɡətɔːri/
[uncountable]
  1. (usually Purgatory)
    (in Roman Catholic teaching) a place or state in which the souls of dead people suffer for the bad things they did when they were living, so that they can become pure enough to go to heaven炼狱
  2. (informal, humorous) any place or state in which somebody suffers受难的处所(或状态);惩戒所;折磨;磨难
    • Getting up at four every morning is sheer purgatory.每天早上四点起床简直是活受罪。
    compare hell (2)
  3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French purgatorie or medieval Latin purgatorium, neuter (used as a noun) of late Latin purgatorius ‘purifying’, from the verb purgare ‘purify’, from purus ‘pure’.
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