单词 | ordeal |
释义 | or·deal ![]() n. 1. A difficult or painful experience, especially one that severely tests character or endurance. See Synonyms at trial. 2. A method of trial in which the accused was subjected to pain or danger as a means of invoking God's intercession, with the outcome regarded as revealing a divine determination of guilt or innocence. [Alteration (influenced by DEAL1) of Middle English ordal, trial by ordeal, from Old English ordāl; see dail- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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