purgatory

purgatory

英 ['pɜːgət(ə)rɪ]
　　美 ['pɝɡətɔri]

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

中文詞源：

purgatory 洗滌罪惡，煉獄，折磨，磨難

來自purge,清除，清洗，凈化。比喻用法。

例句：

1. Prayers were said for souls in Purgatory.
禱告詞是為煉獄中的靈魂念的。

2. Getting up at four o'clock every morning is sheer purgatory.
每天早上四點起床簡直是活受罪。

3. Every step of the last three miles was purgatory.
最後3英裡時每一步都像是受罪。

4. Marriage , with peace, is this world's paradise; with strife, this life's purgatory.
和睦的婚姻, 是這個世界的樂園; 對抗的婚姻, 是這個世界的煉獄.

5. For me it was just a transfer from one purgatory to another.
旨在增進這兩個姐妹國傢的互相瞭解和友善.