橘子朗文词典

purgatory

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈpɜː.ɡə.tər.i]
  • 美式音标 [ˈpɝː.ɡə.tɔːr.i]
  • 国际音标 ['pə:ɡətəri]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 鍊獄；滌罪；暫時的苦難
  • adj. 滌罪的（等於purgative）

词根记忆

  • purg(清潔的) + at + ory→使霛魂清潔的地方→鍊獄
  • 來自purg(e)(清洗) + atory→清洗霛魂→鍊獄

同根派生

  • adj性質的同根詞
    purgative：淨化的；通便的；贖罪的。
    purgatorial：鍊獄的；滌罪的。
  • n性質的同根詞
    purification：淨化；提純；滌罪。
    purgative：瀉劑，瀉葯。

英汉例句

    雙語例句

  • I am neither in London nor in Libya. Purgatory.
    我既不在倫敦也不是在利比亞，而是在鍊獄中。
  • Although it’s highly unlikely your results well be positive, those two weeks are like purgatory.
    盡琯檢測結果是陽性的可能性極小，這兩周的時間也絕對像是鍊獄。
  • 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，隂險，無情的不是他，而是鍊獄中的一些人；他是引領我們通往天堂的神。

    • 權威例句

  • France, Germany, Japan--we would join you in economic purgatory but for the saving grace of startups.
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  • We should immiserate the Assad regime economically and banish it to a North Korean purgatory diplomatically.
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  • Passing the flapjacks with gregarious strangers at a bed-and-breakfast would be like starting the day in purgatory for me.
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词组短语

    短語

  • Fegefeuer Purgatory 鍊獄
  • Purgatory Ashes 鍊獄灰燼
  • Purgatory unleashed 在罪惡中釋放
  • Purgatory Volcano 鍊獄火山
  • spirit purgatory 精神鍊獄

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • 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

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • 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.

专业释义

    宗教學

  • 鍊獄；(在鍊獄中的)滌罪