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

• She knew that he will never appear before her last day of tribulation.
  她知道，不到最后一天，他是不会出现的。
• I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty,( but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
  我知你所做的。知你的苦难、你的贫困（但你是富裕的），也知那些自称是犹太人实则是撒旦追随者的是如何渎神的。
• In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
  在世上你们有苦难。但你们可以放心，我已经胜了世界。
• Force Originates from Tribulation& the Esthetic Characteristics of Niu Han's Poems
  从苦难中升起力量&论牛汉诗歌的美学特征
• Yes, they just walk out the chaos caused by war and tribulation from the Iraq.
  是的，他们刚刚从苦难战乱的伊拉克走居尔来到友善的北京。
• The scribes tell us that Nicholas's prayers and leadership during the great tribulation led many to become Christians.
  据史书记载，尼古拉在受难期间的祈祷和领导让很多人皈依成为基督教徒。
• In nearly one monce of Wenchuan, we went through the tribulation in too much life, witnessed too much life and death parted, have flowed through too many tears too.
  汶川近一月，我们经历了太多的人生磨难，目睹了太多的生死离别，也流过了太多的眼泪。
• 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 the hard journey was nothing, compared with the tribulation and distress that came after it.
  虽然这段路途非常艰辛，但是比起后来所经受的种种痛苦和折磨却算不了什么。
• Even at this point in our awful tribulation under the German scourge we were quite friendly.
  此刻，即便是处在德军蹂躏的极端痛苦中，我们仍然是十分友好的。