ordeal的中文意思、音标与词形变化

n. 严酷考验, 痛苦经历, 煎熬 [法] 神裁判法, 严酷的考验, 痛苦的经验

n. a severe or trying experience n. a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence