tribulation

英 [ˌtrɪbjuˈleɪʃn]

美 [ˌtrɪbjuˈleɪʃn]

n.  忧患; 苦难; 磨难; 痛苦

复数：tribulations　

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BNC.18974 / COCA.17114

牛津词典

noun

• 忧患；苦难；磨难；痛苦
  great trouble or suffering
  1. the tribulations of modern life
     现代生活的苦恼

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 艰难;苦难;磨难
  You can refer to the suffering or difficulty that you experience in a particular situation astribulations.
  1. ...the trials and tribulations of everyday life.
     日常生活的磨炼与艰难

英英释义

noun

• an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
  1. his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him
  2. life is full of tribulations
  3. a visitation of the plague
  Synonym:trialvisitation

双语例句

• Tejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation.
  在希望中享受，在患难中忍耐。
• Jane Eyre and Rochester eventually got into marriage hall hand in hand after tribulation in their love;
  简。爱和罗切斯特在相识相恋历经重重磨难之后，最终牵手走进婚姻的殿堂；
• The vicissitudes, the wind and rain is rough, the great motherland experiences the tribulation.
  沧海桑田，风雨坎坷，伟大的祖国历尽磨难。
• In hours of ease a well-read, charming companion, she was a veritable tower of strength and a refuge in times of tribulation.
  在生活安逸的时候，她是一个博学迷人的伙伴；在艰难困苦的时候，她是我们名副其实的靠山和避风港。
• In this world you need not have tribulation because I have overcome the world.
  这在这世界中，你无需苦难的考验，因为我已战胜了世界。
• They have died in the great tribulation.
  他们在大灾难中被杀害。
• I know that before him there is sorrow, tribulation, and death among the blacks, and perhaps the whites.
  我知道，黑人面前摆着悲哀，磨难和死亡，也可能会有白人卷入其中。
• Behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison that you may be tried: and you shall have tribulation ten days.
  看，魔鬼要把你们中的一些人投在监里，叫你们受试探；你们要遭受困难十天之久。
• But we must buoy up, is enduring the tribulation, goes forward unceasingly.
  但我们必须重新振作起来，忍受着磨难，不断前进。
• That this is a tribulation for you.
  对你来说这是一个苦难。