purgatory
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [?p??.ɡ?.t?r.i]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?p??.ɡ?.t??r.i]
- 國際音標(biāo) ['p?:ɡ?t?ri]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n. 煉獄；滌罪；暫時的苦難
- adj. 滌罪的（等于purgative）
詞根記憶
- purg(清潔的) + at + ory→使靈魂清潔的地方→煉獄
- 來自purg(e)(清洗) + atory→清洗靈魂→煉獄
同根派生
- adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
- purgative：凈化的；通便的；贖罪的。
- purgatorial：煉獄的；滌罪的。
- n性質(zhì)的同根詞
- purification：凈化；提純；滌罪。
- purgative：瀉劑，瀉藥。
英漢例句
- I am neither in London nor in Libya. Purgatory.
我既不在倫敦也不是在利比亞，而是在煉獄中。 - Although it’s highly unlikely your results well be positive, those two weeks are like purgatory.
盡管檢測結(jié)果是陽性的可能性極小，這兩周的時間也絕對像是煉獄。 - You misunderstand your father. It is not he who is vicious, sinister and merciless, but some people in Purgatory.
你誤解了你的父親，狠毒，陰險，無情的不是他，而是煉獄中的一些人；他是引領(lǐng)我們通往天堂的神。 - France, Germany, Japan--we would join you in economic purgatory but for the saving grace of startups.
FORBES: Why We Need Startups - We should immiserate the Assad regime economically and banish it to a North Korean purgatory diplomatically.
FORBES: A Tale of Two Repressions: Bahrain and Syria - Passing the flapjacks with gregarious strangers at a bed-and-breakfast would be like starting the day in purgatory for me.
FORBES: Editor's Note
雙語例句
權(quán)威例句
詞組短語
- Fegefeuer Purgatory 煉獄
- Purgatory Ashes 煉獄灰燼
- Purgatory unleashed 在罪惡中釋放
- Purgatory Volcano 煉獄火山
- spirit purgatory 精神煉獄
短語
英英字典
- 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
- 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.
- You can describe a very unpleasant experience as purgatory.
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專業(yè)釋義
- 煉獄；(在煉獄中的)滌罪