ordeal
US: /ɔɹˈdiɫ/
UK: /ɔːdˈiəl/
UK: /ɔːdˈiəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
ordeal /'ɔ:di:l/
- danh từ
- sự thử thách
- to experience a serve ordeal: trải qua một sự thử thách gay go
- (sử học) cách thử tội (bắt tội nhân nhúng tay vào nước sôi...)
- sự thử thách
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
[usually sing.] ~ (of sth / of doing sth) a difficult or unpleasant experience: They are to be spared the ordeal of giving evidence in court. + The hostages spoke openly about the terrible ordeal they had been through. + The interview was less of an ordeal than she'd expected.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
trial, test, tribulation(s), hardship, affliction, trouble(s), suffering, distress, anguish, nightmare, misery, grief, misfortune, adversity, tragedy, disaster:
She never fully recovered from her ordeal at the hands of the kidnappers.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
long | dreadful, terrible, terrifying
VERB + ORDEAL
endure, face, go through, suffer, undergo | subject sb to
She was subjected to a terrible six-day ordeal.
| survive | recover from | be spared
PREP.
~ by
(often humorous) This is the fourth time the prime minister has faced ordeal by egg (= had eggs thrown at him).
| ~ of
They were spared the ordeal of giving evidence in court.
PHRASES
an ordeal at the hands of sb
their 20-hour ordeal at the hands of a gunman
Concise English dictionary
ordealsɔr'dɪːl /ɔː'd-
noun
+a severe or trying experience
+a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence
