tribulation

英 [ˌtrɪbjuˈleɪʃn]

美 [ˌtrɪbjuˈleɪʃn]

n.  忧患; 苦难; 磨难; 痛苦

复数：tribulations　

TOEFLGRE

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。
• I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty,( but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
  我知你所做的。知你的苦难、你的贫困（但你是富裕的），也知那些自称是犹太人实则是撒旦追随者的是如何渎神的。
• I know that before him there is sorrow, tribulation, and death among the blacks, and perhaps the whites.
  我知道，黑人面前摆着悲哀，磨难和死亡，也可能会有白人卷入其中。
• Christ will come at the end of this time and, after a brief time of Great Tribulation, will judge the world and establish His eternal kingdom.
  在这一千年之后和一个短暂的苦难期后基督会再来并且施行审判和建立他的永恒国度。
• That this is a tribulation for you.
  对你来说这是一个苦难。
• 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。
• Jane Eyre and Rochester eventually got into marriage hall hand in hand after tribulation in their love;
  简。爱和罗切斯特在相识相恋历经重重磨难之后，最终牵手走进婚姻的殿堂；
• Behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison that you may be tried: and you shall have tribulation ten days.
  看，魔鬼要把你们中的一些人投在监里，叫你们受试探；你们要遭受困难十天之久。
• I hate the tribulation, I commiserate the sorrow brought by tribulation.
  我厌恶别人深重的苦难，怜悯苦难带来的悲哀。
• 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。