| 释义 |
●go/put sb through the ˈwringer (informal) have, or make sb have, a difficult or unpleasant experience, or a series of them （使）受尽磨难，历尽艰辛◆He’s been through the wringer lately, what with his divorce, and then losing his job.
他最近历尽艰辛，先是离婚，之后又丢了工作。◆Those interviewers really put me through the wringer!
那些面试官真是让我受尽折磨！ NOTE In the past, a wringer was a device that squeezed the water out of clothes that had been washed. 旧时，衣服洗好后，人们用wringer（绞干机）挤出其中的水分。 |