purgatory

英 [ˈpɜːɡətri]

美 [ˈpɜːrɡətɔːri]

n. 炼狱; 受难的处所(或状态); 惩戒所; 折磨; 磨难

BNC.22064 / COCA.20888

牛津词典

noun

炼狱
a place or state in which the souls of dead people suffer for the bad things they did when they were living, so that they can become pure enough to go to heaven
受难的处所（或状态）；惩戒所；折磨；磨难
any place or state of suffering
1. Getting up at four o'clock every morning is sheer purgatory.
  每天早上四点起床简直是活受罪。

N-PROPER （天主教中的）炼狱
Purgatoryis the place where Roman Catholics believe the spirits of dead people are sent to suffer for their sins before they go to heaven.
1. Prayers were said for souls in Purgatory.
  祷告词是为炼狱中的灵魂念的。
N-UNCOUNT 受苦的经历；折磨；苦难
You can describe a very unpleasant experience aspurgatory.
1. Every step of the last three miles was purgatory.
  最后3英里时每一步都像是受罪。
2. ...five years of economic purgatory.
  5年的经济困难

noun

(theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins
a temporary condition of torment or suffering
1. a purgatory of drug abuse

A prayer for the souls in purgatory.
为炼狱中的灵魂作的祈祷。
However, it is certain that their emotions leaped the many thousands of miles that separated this place of purgatory and doom from the homes of those whom they loved.
然而，他们的情感，这是一定的纵穿行了数千英里，这地方炼狱中分离出来，并毁坏的家园，那些从他们所爱的一样。
A beautiful woman be paradise for the eyes, hell for the soul, and purgatory for the purse.
漂亮的女人是眼睛的天堂，灵魂的地狱，钱包的炼狱。
Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
婚姻既不是天堂，也不是地狱，它不过是一个炼狱而已。
Of or resembling purgatory.
有关或与炼狱相似的。
But a funny thing happened to the Lakers on their way to purgatory.
但是在湖人炼狱的路上发生了一件有趣的事。
This is not men's dormitory, it is the noisy paradise of women, my Purgatory.
这不是男人们的宿舍，是女人们聒噪的天堂，我的炼狱。
The priest asked the members of his congregation to pray for the souls of people in purgatory.
神父叫他教区的信徒为炼狱中的人们的灵魂祈祷。
He described his experience of combat in Vietnam as sheer purgatory.
他把自己在越南作战的经历描述为纯粹的炼狱。
I'm not gonna drive my boat into Purgatory cove.
我可不想把我船开进连屿湾。