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单词 purgatory
释义
purgatory
(pɜːʳgətri , US -tɔːri )
1. proper noun
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.
Prayers were said for souls in Purgatory.
2. uncountable noun
You can describe a very unpleasant experience as purgatory.
Every step of the last three miles was purgatory.
...five years of economic purgatory.
Synonyms: torment, agony, murder [informal], hell [informal]  
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