ordeal

n.

严峻的考验；苦难的经验；折磨；神判法

复数：ordeals

1. Through this ordeal Heng lay stiff and silent.
   在这个严酷的考验中，恒一直僵硬地躺着，默不作声。
2. Once there we saw that the ordeal must have been great.
   从前我们觉得严酷的考验一定是很伟大的。
3. I'd hate to go through such a terrible ordeal again.
   我不想再受这种痛苦的经验。
4. Excessive choices quickly stop being a benefit and become an ordeal.
   过多的选择很快就丧失了它的优势，而成为一种痛苦的经验。

Ordeal by fire : the Civil War and Reconstruction
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An American Ordeal: The Antiwar Movement of the Vietnam Era
An American Ordeal: The Antiwar Movement of the Vietnam Era. (Book)
Employment, Income, and the Ordeal of the Negro Family
ORDEAL MECHANISMS IN TARGETING: THEORY AND EVIDENCE FROM A FIELD EXPERIMENT IN INDONESIA
The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal 1966-1995 and the Search for Peace
Ordeals for the fetal programming hypothesis : The hypothesis largely survives one ordeal but not another
The field trial: some thoughts on the indispensable ordeal.
Rites of Passage in Initial Teacher Training: Ritual, performance, ordeal and Numeracy Skills Test