tribulation

英 [ˌtrɪbjuˈleɪʃn]

美 [ˌtrɪbjuˈleɪʃn]

n.  忧患; 苦难; 磨难; 痛苦

复数：tribulations　

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BNC.18974 / COCA.17114

牛津词典

noun

• 忧患；苦难；磨难；痛苦
  great trouble or suffering
  1. the tribulations of modern life
     现代生活的苦恼

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 艰难;苦难;磨难
  You can refer to the suffering or difficulty that you experience in a particular situation astribulations.
  1. ...the trials and tribulations of everyday life.
     日常生活的磨炼与艰难

英英释义

noun

• an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
  1. his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him
  2. life is full of tribulations
  3. a visitation of the plague
  Synonym:trialvisitation

双语例句

• They have died in the great tribulation.
  他们在大灾难中被杀害。
• Therefore we were comforted, brethren, in you, in all our necessity and tribulation, by your faith.
  为此，弟兄们，我们在一切磨难困苦中，因了你们的信德，由你们获得了安慰。
• Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
  神既是公义的，就必将患难报应那加患难给你们的人。
• Tejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation.
  在希望中享受，在患难中忍耐。
• In nearly one monce of Wenchuan, we went through the tribulation in too much life, witnessed too much life and death parted, have flowed through too many tears too.
  汶川近一月，我们经历了太多的人生磨难，目睹了太多的生死离别，也流过了太多的眼泪。
• Tribulation's imprint is on all great things.
  山路之后，就是大路。一切伟大的事业上面，都有患难的印迹的。
• The scribes tell us that Nicholas's prayers and leadership during the great tribulation led many to become Christians.
  据史书记载，尼古拉在受难期间的祈祷和领导让很多人皈依成为基督教徒。
• Force Originates from Tribulation& the Esthetic Characteristics of Niu Han's Poems
  从苦难中升起力量&论牛汉诗歌的美学特征
• Even at this point in our awful tribulation under the German scourge we were quite friendly.
  此刻，即便是处在德军蹂躏的极端痛苦中，我们仍然是十分友好的。
• In this world you need not have tribulation because I have overcome the world.
  这在这世界中，你无需苦难的考验，因为我已战胜了世界。