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词组 ordeal
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ordeal /ɔːˈdiːl, ˈɔːdiːl $ ɔːrˈdiːl, ˈɔːrdiːl/ noun a terrible experience that continues for a period of timeadjectivesa terrible/dreadful/painful ordeal The trial was a dreadful ordeal.a terrifying ordeal The victim of the shark attack described his terrifying ordeal.a long ordeal After thirteen months, the hostages’ long ordeal finally ended.verbsgo through an ordeal also undergo an ordeal formal (=experience an ordeal) I’d already gone through the ordeal of a divorce once.face an ordeal He faced the ordeal of caring for his dying wife.endure an ordeal In his book, he describes how he endured the ordeal of prison life.survive an ordeal The woman survived her ordeal and identified her attacker.recover from an ordeal She took a long time to recover from her ordeal.subject sb to an ordeal (=make someone go through it) He was subjected to a horrifying ordeal at gunpoint.spare sb an ordeal (=not make someone have to go through it) Thank goodness she was spared the ordeal of surgery.prepositionsthe ordeal of (doing) sth The girl will not have to undergo the ordeal of giving evidence in court.phrasesan ordeal is over (=it has finished) The villagers thought their ordeal was over, but it was just beginning.an ordeal at the hands of sb (=used to say who made someone go through an ordeal) She has only just revealed her ordeal at the hands of her stepfather.be none the worse for your ordeal (=not have been harmed by an ordeal) The kitten was pulled out of the river, apparently none the worse for its ordeal.
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